( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the Judgment and Decree in O S. No. 67 of 1953 on the file of the Subordinate Judge s Court, Masulipatam. The suit was brought by Koneru Suryanarayana and Vemulapalli Subbayya (respondents 1 and 2 in the present appeal) on behalf of all the owners of the lands covered by patta No. 50 of Bobberlanka village claiming possession of an extent of 32 acres of land marked in the colour yellow in the plan attached to the plaint on the ground that the said land was a lateral accretion to their pre-existing lands situate in an island in the Krishna river. The first defendant to the action is the State of Andhra pradesh represented by the Collector, Krishna The 7th defendant is the Field- labour Co-operative Society, Kokkiligadda, permitted by the first defendant to occupy whole or portions of the disputed land Defendants 2 to 6 are office-bearers of the said co-operative society.

( 2 ) THE plaintiffs are all residents of the Bobberlanka village. Their lands included in patta No. 50 are situate in an island to the west of the village Bobberlanka The plaintiffs claim that at that point the Krishna river is non-tidal, non-navigable and fordable. , that thei