Judgment

Shah, J.-These appeals are filed against the judgment and order dated 10th October, 1980 passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Letters Patent Appeal Nos. 657 and 682 of 1980 dismissing the L.P. As in limine.

2. The brief facts of this case are as under:-

One Smt. Charanjit Kaur was the owner of land admeasuring 692 bighas and 2 biswas in village Piand, Tahsil and District Patiala in the erstwhile State of Pepsu. By a sale deed dated 5th June, 1959, she sold 306 bighas and 6 biswas of land for a consideration of Rs. 20,000/-, to the appellants, respondents Nos. 19, 20 and predecessor-in-title of respondent No. 16 to 18 (Bisan Singh). Respondent Nos. 5 to 15 were the sitting tenants; they filed applications under Section 22 of the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as “the Tenancy Act”) on 15th March, 1961 before the Revenue Authorities for grant of proprietary rights of the lands of which they were tenants. Those applications were allowed by order dated 13th September, 1961. The appellate authority remanded the matter to the prescribed Authority by order dated 7th September, 1962. Again the Assistant Collector, 1st Grade, Patiala