1. The present appeal has been preferred against the orders of the learned Principal District Judge, Vizianagaram dated 19.04.2018 whereby the counter claim of the appellant / defendant filed in C.O.S.No.2 of 2017 was rejected.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties herein are referred to as the claimant and the respondent.

3. The brief facts leading to the filing of the appeal may be stated thus:

4. The respondent herein, a Doctor, is the absolute owner of property bearingNo.D.No.15-12-16 (A), Near Three Lamps junction, Vizianagaram. He along with his wife Dr.Padma Kumari are running a hospital with Pediatric and Gynecology streams and have good reputation in Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and some parts of Orissa. The claimant, a Private Limited Company dealing with the administration, development of hospitals etc., offered to take the premises of the respondent on lease, inter alia for the purpose of making it as a multi specialty hospital. The