RAMACHANDRA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE question, whether the ordinary Civil Court has jurisdiction to entertain a suit between persons not belonging to Scheduled Tribes, in respect of lands situated in a Scheduled Area of Telangana Area in the State of Andhra Pradesh arises for consideration in this batch of appeals.

( 2 ) THE question arises this way. The appeal A. S. No. 663/1974 has been preferred against the judgment and decree of the learned District Judge, Adilabad, in O. S. No. 1 of 1966. The suit lands are situated in Utnoor village which is a scheduled area. The suit O. S. 1/1966 was filed by the plaintiffs the respondents herein for a declaration of their title to the said lands and to the office of Mutsaddi or in the alternative for a declaration of their right to a 4/5th share in the said lands and for joint possession of the same along with the first defendant. A claim was also made for recovery of past and future profits. The suit was decreed declaring the title of the plaintiffs and defendants to certain shares and that they were entitled to be in joint possession of the suit properties along with the first defendant. The past and future profits were directed to be ascertaine

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