1) if you have been in possession for over 12 years you can claim benefit of adverse possession as defence in case suit for eviction is filed by landowner
2)In P.T. Munichikkanna Reddy v. Revamma 2007 (6) SCC 59, supreme Court considered various facets of the law of adverse possession and laid down various propositions including the following:
"Adverse possession in one sense is based on the theory or presumption that the owner has abandoned the property to the adverse possessor on the acquiescence of the owner to the hostile acts and claims of the person in possession. It follows that sound qualities of a typical adverse possession lie in it being open, continuous and hostile." "To assess a claim of adverse possession, two-pronged enquiry is required:
1. Application of limitation provision thereby jurisprudentially "wilful neglect" element on part of the owner established. Successful application in this regard distances the title of the land from the paper-owner.
2. Specific positive intention to dispossess on the part of the adverse possessor effectively shifts the title already distanced from the paper-owner, to the adverse possessor. Right thereby accrues in favour of adverse possessor as intent to dispossess is an express statement of urgency and intention in the upkeep of the property."
3) if you giving premises on lease by regd lease deed you would not loose ownership of your land
4) you can give premises on lease for period of 5 years or so if you so desire