(1.) Heard Sri V.B. Mishra, Advocate, for appellants and Sri Abhishek Tripathi, Advocate, holding brief of Sri A.K.Gupta, Advocate, for respondent.
(2.) Substantial questions of law, involved in this appeal, which require adjudication by this Court, are:
(3.) This appeal is pending for the last 22 years and, therefore, as requested and agreed by learned counsels for parties, this Court has proceeded to hear them so as to decide the aforesaid substantial questions of law.