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Issues: Whether the premises occupied by the appellants were "public premises" within the meaning of section 2(e) of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 so as to confer jurisdiction on the Estate Officer to order eviction; and whether the leases in favour of the Central Government were invalid for want of a formal written instrument complying with section 175(3) of the Government of India Act, 1935 or article 299(1) of the Constitution of India.
Analysis: The premises were not owned by the Central Government, but the material on record showed that in each case the Government had taken the premises on monthly tenancy, entered into through correspondence, sanction, possession, rent receipts, and conduct of the parties. A formal deed was not indispensable where the contract could be inferred from the documents and the lease was not for a term requiring registration under section 107 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The constitutional requirements governing Government contracts were held to be mandatory for enforceability, but a contract not strictly complying with them was not void for all collateral purposes; it could be looked into to determine the Government's possessory rights and could also be ratified where it was for Government benefit. On the facts, the Government had validly acquired and continued to hold the premises on lease, and in any event its protected possessory right and absolute right of user brought the premises within the expression "belonging to" the Central Government in section 2(e). The Estate Officer's jurisdiction depended on the existence of these jurisdictional facts, and once established, their validity could not be reopened in collateral proceedings by the occupants.
Conclusion: The premises were public premises and the eviction proceedings were within jurisdiction.
Final Conclusion: The appeals failed because the appellants could not dislodge the Government's lawful possessory and leasehold basis for occupation, and the eviction orders were upheld.
Ratio Decidendi: For the purpose of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, premises may be treated as public premises not only when formally owned by the Central Government but also when the Government has valid leasehold or equivalent possessory rights, and jurisdictional facts so established cannot be collaterally impeached by the occupants.
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