1 This common judgment shall govern the disposal of Civil Appeals Nos. 1928 and 1929 of 1993 between the same parties and touching the same property.

2 The property in suit consists of a plot of nazul land known as 6, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi wherein leasehold rights were vested by the President of India in favour of M/s Shiv Ram, Mahashaya Krishna and K. Narendra (the appellant herein) in terms of a perpetual lease commencing from 29-5-1956. The relevant and material terms of the lease are extracted and reproduced hereunder:
"II. (5) The lessee will not without the previous consent in writing of the lessor or of such officer or body as the lessor may authorise in this behalf make any alternations in or additions to the buildings erected on the said demised premises so as to affect any of the architectural or structural features thereof or erect or suffer to be erected on any part of the said demised premises any buildings other than and except the buildings erected thereon at the date of these presents.
(6) The lessee shall not without the written consent of the lessor or such officer or body as he may authorise in this behalf construct any well of any description, or instal any priva