L.Narasimha Reddy, J.— The appellant is the lessee of the premises bearing No.2-20-3 of Tenali owned by the respondent. The lease is said to have commenced in the year 1998, and that was to be for a period of ten years. The respondent got issued a notice, dated 6.4.2009 (Ex.A1), requiring the appellant to vacate the premises. The appellant got issued a reply, dated 20.4.2009 (Ex.A3), stating that the lease is for manufacture of footwear, and Ex.A1, through which, he was required to vacate the premises, within one month, is not tenable in law. Thereafter, the respondent filed O.S.No.168 of 2009 in the Court of Additional Senior Civil Judge, Tenali, for eviction of the appellant. .

2. The appellant filed a written statement, opposing the suit. He pleaded that initially; the premises were given on lease by the respondent to one Mr. Kantilal in the year 1990 for running a cloth shop, and said Kantilal, in turn, put the appellant in possession of the premises as a lessee, with the knowledge and permission of the respondent. It was pleaded that an agreement (Ex.B1), in that behalf, was executed by Kantilal in favour of the appellant on 1.10.1998, and a specific mention to the ef