V.R.KRISHNA IYER, J.

(1) THREE Civil, stemming from three revision petitions to the High court of orissa under the orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 (orissa Act 1 of 1952) (for short, the Act) have reached this court, thanks to special leave granted to the appellant, who is common in all the cases. The High court, after deciding various issues, remanded the cases to the Compensation Officer under the Act, after overruling most of the contentions pressed before it by the appellant.

(2) SHRI Achutananda Purohit, appellant, was the intermediary in respect of vast forests and other lands comprised in the estate of Jujumura in the district of Sambalpur. This estate vested in the State on April 1. 1960 by force of the Act and the crucial question agitated before us, consequentially, turns on the quantum of compensation awardable under Ch. V of the Act. The appellant has received around Rs. 3,00,000.00 but much more, according to him, is due and this controversy can be settled by examining his specific points.

(3) SHRI Purohit, appellant, is an advocate by profession and is 83 years old. He has argued in person and with passion. We have listened with p