Mulye, J. - 1. This appeal filed by the unsuccessful defendant tenant, is directed against the judgment & decree dated 3.3.1979 passed by the 1st Addl. District Judge, Mandsaur, in Civil First appeal No. 31-A of 1976, confirming the judgment and decree of ejectment and other reliefs passed by the trial Court.

2. The short facts giving rise to this appeal, which are no longer in dispute are as follows :-

That an open plot of land belonging to the Municipality Mandsaur, was taken on rent by the defendant appellant, on a monthly tenancy for the purpose of constructing a shop thereon, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated in the lease-deed. As the plaintiff municipality needed the suit accommodation for the purpose of developing the motor-stand and widening the road, by a quit notice, the defendant's tenancy was terminated and a suit for ejectment was filed, which was resisted by the defendant-appellant on a number of grounds, but the trial Court decreed the plaintiff's claim for ejectment, which has also been maintained by the lower appellate Court.

3. According to the plaintiff municipality the provisions of M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961, so for as the suit accommodation is concerned, were not applicable, in view of the provisions of section 3(b) of the said Act, which is as follows :-

"3. Act not to apply to certain accommodation.

(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to-

(a)…………………………………….

(b) accommodation which is the property of a local authority used exclusively for non-residential purposes."

4. In this appeal the appellant has mainly challenged the jurisdiction of the Civil Court to try the suit on the ground that the suit instituted by the respondent was barred by provisions of sections 2 and 15 of the M.P. Lok Parisar (Bedakhali), Adhiniyam 1974 (Act No. 46 of 1974) which received the assent of the President on 10th November, 1974, and was published in M.P. Gazette dated 26th November, 1974. Sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act provides that it shall be deemed to have come into force (i) in Mahakooshal region on the 12th September 1952; and (ii) in other regions of the State on the 1st January 1959, except sections 11, 19 and 20, which shall come into force atonce. The original Text of this Act, as passed by the State Legislature is in Hindi, of which as per Article 348(3) of the Constitution of India a translation of the same in the English language was also published under the authority of the Governor in the Madhya Pradesh Official Gazette.

5. In the English translation, the definition of "public premises" as defined in section 2(e) of the Act is as follows :-

"Public premises" means any premises belonging to or taken on lease or requisitioned by, or on behalf of, the State Government, and includes any premises belonging to or taken on lease by, or on behalf of –

(i) Any company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act 1956 (No.1 of 1956) in which not less than 51% of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government; and

(ii) Any Corporation (not being a Company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956) No.1 of 1956 or a local authority;

The Hindi Text of section 2 (e) is as follows:-

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5. According to the learned counsel for the appellant, a bare reading of the English translation of section 2 (e) 'public premises", means a local aut