Judgment

AYYANGAR, J.: This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh filed by virtue of a certificate of fitness under Art. 133(1) of the Constitution, on the ground that substantial questions of law are involved in the case.

2. The appellants are the heirs and legal representatives of one Addanki Desikacharyulu -now deceased. Desikacharyulu whom for convenience we shall hereafter refer to as the appellant, was the proprietor or inamdar of the Shrotriem village of East Thakkellapadu. While so, the Madras Legislature enacted two Acts- the Madras Estates (Reduction of Rent) Act 1947 (Act XXX of 1947) and the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act (Act XXVI of 1948) having application to particular types of estates. The earlier enactment which we shall call the Rent Reduction Act was, as the name itself indicates, inter alia for reducing the rent payable by ryots in the "estates to which it applied, while the later which for shortness may be referred to as the Abolition Act, was for abolishing the "estates of intermediaries who were proprietors of the type of estates defined in the Act and for the creation of direct relationship between