JUDGMENT

SAWANT, J. - Although the leave granted by this Court is limited to the question whether the plaintiff is entitled to an amount of Rs. 75,000 which according to him he had actually advanced and the respondents had received for the purpose of prosecuting their litigation, and, therefore, the issue to be answered lies within a narrow compass, it is necessary to state the relevant facts briefly to understand correctly the significance of the question to be answered.

2. Nawab Salar Jung III, a celebrity of the erstwhile State of Hyderabad expired on March 2, 1949 leaving behind him no issue but a vast estate. As was expected, several persons came forward claiming to be his heirs, and among them were Sajjid Yar Jung and Turab Yar Jung who claimed to be his first cousins. The Nizam by a notification of May 9, 1949, appointed a Committee to administer the estate of the late Nawab Salar Jung. On the merger of the Hyderabad State, the Central Government by the Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur (Administration of Assets) Act, 1950, continued the Committee and also provided that no suit or other legal proceeding for the enforcement of any right or remedy in respect of any asset, shall be inst