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3. The said lease thus, granted by the Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division., was acted upon and the Estate of Neelratan Bose, who was the father of the settlee, Yogendra Nath Bose, came in possession thereof. Neelratan Bose's estate was later partitioned amongst the brothers of Yogendra Nath Bose and according to the petitioner the lease hold property in question fell in the share of one Eikkarinath Bose. Ekkarinath Bose having so acquired exclusive title, executed registered sale deed No. 3221 in favour of Onkarmal Jatia who was the lather of the petitioner. According to the petitioner Onkarmal Jatia developed the lands, constructed a house, a well and orchard and a garden and named the property as 'Hill View'. Ever since his family members enjoyed peaceful possession of the property and their manager, servants and gardeners looked after the maintenance of the house, orchard, garden etc. Their peaceful possession resulted in recording of their name in the revenue records and Jamabandi Nos. 51/3 and 51/4. During the survey settlement in or about the year 1930. Their peaceful possession, however, received a jolt when they were served with a notice dated 3-8-1989 issued by the Dy. Commissioner, Deoghar in the name of Onkarmal Jatia, stating therein, that to moot the problem of accommodation of important visitors in the town of Deoghar, it had been resolved in the public interest that Hill view be taken on rent for six. months and accordingly, he was called upon to appear and give his terms and conditions. Onkarmal Jatia, however, had since died and succeeded by the petitioner and other heirs. They appeared and replied to the notice that the premises known as 'Hill View' which was situated upon the Basati Land bearing plot Nos. 530 and 523 having Jamabandi Nos. 51/3 and 51/4 and had bean so recorded in the last Gantar's settlement was meant for personal use and occupation of their family members. That the same had never been let out to anybody, that no one had been allowed to stay at the premises without being satisfied about his personal habits and that they and no intention to give the premises on rent to anybody including the State of Bihar. Petitioner has alleged that his lawyer Sri Vijoy Krishna Pd. was unwell on 3-12-1989. A petition for time was filed on his behalf before the Additional Collector, Sri R.B. Pandey who had since received the records of the case. The said application, however, was rejected and the impugned order passed.