FAIZAN UDDIN, J. :

1. The material facts leading to this appeal are that Maharaja Rana Udaibhan Singhji of the erstwhile State of Dholpur died in the year 1954 leaving behind him his widow Smt. Malvender Kaur and daughter Smt. Urmila Devi. Late Maharaja Udaibhan Singh had no natural male child and according to the appellant the late Maharaja Udaibhan had great attachment with Shri Hemant Singh, the son of his only daughter and during his life time had expressed his wish to adopt Shri Hemant Singh as a son to him and had advised his widow accordingly giving her the authority to adopt Shri Hemant Singh as his son. Consequently, Shri Hemant Singh (s/o Smt. Urmila Devi, daughter of late Maharaja Rana Udaibhan Singh) was adopted by Smt. Malvender Kaur according to the wishes of her late husband vide Deed of Adoption dated 5.11.1954. Further case of the appellant is that a High Power Committee was constituted to examine the contentions of various claimants for succession to the gaddi of Dholpur. The said committee consisting of the then Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Maharaja of Bharatpur and Maharaja of Doongarpur recommended the name of Shri Hemant Singh as a ruler of the erstwh