( 1 ) PLAINTIFFS suit O. S. No. 232 of 1963- for declaration of their title to the suit lands and for permanent injunction, was dismissed by the District Munsif Narasaraopet and appeal A. S. No. 154 of 1970, against the judgment and decree of the trial court, was also dismissed by the first appellate Court. Hence this second appeal by the plaintiff.

( 2 ) THE material facts are:-Plaintiffs purchased Ac. 8. 05 cents out of Ac. 9-53 cents of land, comprised in Demarcation nos. 546/1 and 553, situated at Poonur village for Rs, I000/-from defendant No. 3, meka Rosaiah, under a registered sale- deed dated 27-8-1962 (Ex. A. I ). Ever since the date of purchase, plaintiffs have been in possession and enjoyment of the said lands. Defendant No. I is a rich and powerful man. He has been trying to interefere with the plaintiff s peaceful possession and enjoyment of the said lands. Four days before the institution of the suit, when the plaintiffs were act- ully ploughing the lands by engaging their caste men, the defendants obstructed the plaintiffs and threatened them and their men. With those averments, the plaintiffs filed the above suit.

( 3 ) DEFENDANT No. 2 filed a written