SHETH MANEKLAL MANSUKHBHAI vs MESSRS. HORMUSJI JAMSHEDJI GINWALLAAND SONS.

The Supreme Court held that the correspondence between the defendant's predecessor and the Taluqdari Officer, along with the Government's sanction, constituted a valid contract for lease under Section 53-A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. The Court ruled that the defendant, having been put in possession and having paid rent for several years, could not be ejected as a trespasser despite the absence of a registered lease deed. Consequently, the judgment of the Bombay High Court was reversed, affirming the defendant's right to remain in possession.