HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.8873 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was assigned the contract of maintenance of public toilets near old bus stand, through proceedings on 01.04.2005 for a period of three years. While the petitioner was permitted to collect user charges from the users of the facility, he was placed under obligation to pay the bid amount. Much before the original period of lease was to expire, the 2nd respondent issued proceedings, dated 26.12.2007 extending the lease by another three years i.e. up to 31.03.2011, by enhancing the lease amount by 33 1/3%. The petitioner made a request to the 2nd respondent to extend the lease further. Through endorsement dated 26.03.2011, the 2nd respondent informed petitioner that it has been decided to construct modern toilets in the place of the old ones and that the work has been entrusted to M/s. A.P. Samskar Sanitation on BOT basis. The petitioner challenges the endorsement. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and learned standing counsel for the 2nd respondent. The petitioner had the benefit of not only the original lease period of three years, but also the extended period of three more years. A lessee of such contracts has absolutely no right to insist on extension of the same. It is only in rare cases that successful extension was granted that too by levying enhanced amounts. In the instant case, the 2nd respondent has taken a decision to construct new complex and the work has already been assigned to an agency. The petitioner has no right to insist that he alone must be continued as lessee for ever. There are no merits in the writ petition and it is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J Dt:01.04.2011 GJ