VISWANATHA SASTRI, J.

( 1 ) THE two plaintiffs, father and son, are the appellants in this second appeal preferred against the decree of the Subordinate Judge, Ongole, reversing the decree of the District Munsif and dismissing their suit for a declaration that a sale-deed, Exhibit B-1, dated 14th March, 1946, executed by the first plaintiff and his undivided father, the second defendant, in favour of the first defendant, was invalid and inoperative to convey title to ac. 3-12 cents of Archaka service inaml and purported to have been sold thereunder. It is common ground that the lands sold under Exhibit B-1 are Archaka service inam lands ; that the vendors and the vendee are descendants of the original grantee of the service inam lands ; that the lands sold under Exhibit B-1 were allotted to the share of the vendor at a previous family partition and were thereafter solely enjoyed by them ; that on 14th March, 1946, they sold the lands for a consideration of Rs. 1000, paid to them by the vendee ; and that the vendee, though not next in succession to the vendors as heir-at-law, was their agnatic relation qualified to perform the archaka service and was indeed required to do so by term

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