record the salt departments letter of august 31 1957 that the land of these three salt works of the vakil trust does not belong to the central government in 1971 a small portion of the salt land was acquired by the government for a public amenity for which the trust received monetary compensation of rs 11021 it is thus clear that respondent no 1 union government has at the relevant time proceeded on the basis that the subject land was owned by the petitioner sir n p vakil trust said the order this among other things amounts to an unequivocal acceptance of the petitioners ownership it saidthe court rejected the salt departments justification to invoke the public premises eviction act although quashing the notice the court said this judgment shall not in any manner be construed or interpreted as an opinion on the question of title of lands covered by the salt pans the issue of title shall be decided uninfluenced by the outcome of the present petition all the more our judgment and order does not hold that the petitioners are owners of the property it concluded