( 1 ) 1. Plaintiffs in O. S No. 57 of 1967 on the file of the Subordinate judge, Kavali, are the appellants before us. The material facts may briefly be stated plaintiffs are the ryots holding lands in Somavarapadu village.

( 2 ) IT is a whole Inam village and an "estate" as defined under the Madras estates Land Act. For the recovery of quit rent payable by the present Inamdar, defendant No. 2 in respect of the above village, the state Government, defendant No. 1. attached the said lands and the crops of the plaintiffs standing thereon. Defendant No. 1 is also trying to take proceedings under the Andhra Pradesh f Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act (No. 37 of 1956) (hereinafter called the inams Abolition Act) for division and apportionment of the plaintiffs lands as between them and the present Inamdar. defendant Not 2. Since Somavarapadu is not an Inam land but an "estate" as defined under the Madras Estates Land Act. the proceedings initiated against the plaintiffs, by defendant No. 1. are i legal and without jurisdiction. With those averments, the plaintiffs filed 0. S. No. 57 of 1967 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Kavali for a d