( 1 ) THIS appeal is from the judgment and decree of the Additional District judge, Visakhapatnam, in A. S, No. 65 of 1961, affiriming the judgment and decree of the Districr Munsiff, Chodavaram, in O. S. No. 330 of 1957 whereby the claim of the plaintiffs for declaration of their permanent rights of occupancy in the suit lands and for recovery of possession and of kist amounts and other arrears has been decreed.

( 2 ) THE plaintiffs and the defendants have the same surname. All of them are Velamas by caste and residents of Deekshitulu Agraharam in Veeravilli taulk of Visakhapatnam district. It is common ground that Bhamidipati bapanna and Bhamidipati Suryanarayana had each one Pathika (1/4th) and yanamandram Kameswararao had two Pathikas (2/4) of wet and dry lands situated under Nakkellavani Cheruva of Deekshitula agraharam village, which had become an estate by reason of the Madras Estates Land (Third Amendment) act of 1936. According to the plaintiff s, the 1st plaintiff, the father of the 2nd plaintiff and the father of the 3rd plainliff obtained lease of the said lands from the above land holders in or about the year 1917 and since then had been enjoying the sa