Hon’ble Saumitra Dayal Singh, J.—These two writ petitions have been filed against identical order passed by the Defence Estate Officer. The facts of the two cases are similar. For convenience facts of Writ Petition No. 16655 of 2017 are being noted. The only difference in two cases being the the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 16653 of 2017 claims to be a tenant of the original HOR while petitioner in Writ Petition No. 16655 of 2017 claims to be a transferee of the legal representatives of the recorded HOR.

2. Writ-C No. 16655 of 2017 has been filed against the order of the Estate Officer, Cantonment Board, Meerut dated 5.2.2014 and also the judgment and order passed in appeal there from, dated 8.3.2017, by the Additional District Judge, Court No. 7, Meerut. These orders arise from proceedings under Section 5A(2) of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the P.P. Act’).

3. Petitioner had filed Misc. Appeal No. 37 of 2014 against the order dated 5.2.2014 passed by Estate Officer, Cantonment Board, Meerut in which