( 1 ) THE question that arises in this appeal is whether a tenant on respect of an agricultural land is entitled to any share in the compensation and further, whether the statutory protection given to him, creates or enhances any such right.

( 2 ) AN extent of 21 Acres in T. S. No. 46, Block No. 4, Visakha- patnam Municipality, has been acquired under the provisions of the land ACQUISITION ACT, 1894, 1894. Three sets of persons applied for compensation, namely, i) members of Mosalaganti family (who are respondents 4 to 9 in O. P. 139/1967, from which this appeal arises); (ii) smt. Rao Padma (first claimant in the said O. P. ). Each of the said parties claimed the compensation exclusively. The Land concerned herein is situated in the erstwhile Maddulapalem Zamindari estate. The said land constituted a Darmila inam, not burdened with service, and it was granted in favour of Mosalaganti family with a favourable rate of Kattubadi . Mosalaganti family granted a permanent lease on 13-6-1908 (Exs. A 2 and A-3), in respect of this land, in favour of the predecessors-in-interest of the appellants herein for agricultural pur_ poses, in accordance with section 15 of Regulatio