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CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 1212 of 1984.

Appeal by Special leave from the Judgment and order dated the 20th October, 1983 of the Bombay High Court in W. Appeal No.779 of 1983.

P.R.Mridul, G. Vishwanath & Parijat Sinha, for the Appellant.

Ram Jethmalani & Soli J. Sorabjee, M.N. Shroff, Talegankar & B.V. Desai. for the Respondents.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BHAGWATI, J. Special Leave Granted.

This appeal by special leave raises a short question of law as to whether an order of requisition of premises can be continued for an indefinite period of time or it must necessarily be of temporary duration. The facts giving rise to this appeal are few and may be briefly stated as follows: