The said lease expired on 26/09/1965 and none of the lessees took any steps for renewal till 22/12/1972. On 23/12/1972, one of the lessees namely Late Nalininath Mitra preferred an application for renewal of lease in Lease Renewal 15Case No.11/1972. On two occasions dated 23/12/1972 and 09/05/1973, the Revenue Officer, Puri directed Late Nalininath Mitra to file relevant documents i.e. Lease agreement, Khasmahal rent receipts, Municipal Tax receipts and sanctioned building plan, for verification. Since the lessee failed to produce the documents, the revenue officer directed the case records be sent to the Tahsildar, Puri for enquiry and report. Pursuant to the order of the Revenue Officer, the Tahsildar conducted an enquiry and submitted a report to the Collector, Puri on 30/05/1975. On basis of the said report, Balu Resumption Case No.6/1975 came to be registered and the Collector, Puri resumed the lease hold land by order dated 21/08/1975 by determining the lease. Subsequently,