adhered to by the lessees in the present case. As such the lease came to be determined in the present case even though the lease deed does not provide anywhere that upon expiry of the term, the lease shall be determined. 24. Yet another fact which cannot go unnoticed is that on expiration of the lease on 25.09.1965, the legal heirs of the original lessee did not take steps for renewal by filing an application, much less 3 months prior to the expiration of the term as required under clause 14. On the other hand, such renewal was sought only on 23.12.1972, that too by one of the lessees that is Mr. Nalininath Mitra by filing an application for renewal of the lease which undisputedly is not adjudicated or disposed of till date. For this reason, we have opined that the State would be at liberty to consider the said application on its own merits and as rightly stated by Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Learned Senior Advocate appearing for the State that same would be considered on its merits. 25. The