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Entry into possession, does not use the word 'possession' or the words 'entry into possession, at any point of time at all. The section merely requires occupation of any public premises. Entry into possession connotes one single terminus, viz., the point of time when a person enters into possession or occupies the property whereas occupation is a continuous process which starts right from the point of time when the person enters into possession or occupies the premises and continues, until he leaves the premises. What is germane for the purpose of interpretation of s. 2(2)(g) is whether or not the person concerned was in occupation of the public premises when the Premises Act, was passed, Jain Ink. Mfg. Co. v. L.J.C., (1980) 4 SCC 435: AIR 1981 SC 670 (672). [Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, s. 2(2)(g)]