Judgement

Consolidated Appeals from a judgment and decrees of the High Court (March 18, 1914), affirming decrees of the District Judge of Kistna, which reversed decrees of the District Munsif.

Law Rep. 46 Ind. App. 123 ( 1918- 1919) Upadrashta Venkata Sastrulu V. Divi Seetharamudu

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The appellant brought suits in the Court of the District Munsif to eject persons to whom in 1907 he had let several parcels of land amounting to about sixty acres and forming part of an inam village. The tenancy agreements expired in 1908, and each contained a declaration that the tenant had no right except that of cultivating for a year under the agreement. The defendants by their written statements alleged that they had rights of permanent occupancy, and that the village was an " estate " within the meaning of s. 3, sub-s. 2 (d), of Madras Estate Land Act, 1908, so that (by s. 189 of that Act) the revenue Court alone had jurisdiction. The suits were tried together throughout.

The facts appear from the judgment of their Lordships.

The following issues were framed together with others which are not material to this report (1.) Whether the plaint agraharam is an " estate" coming within s. 3, sub-s. 2 (d