( 1 ) THESE two appeals arise out of the judgment of our learned brother Satyanarayana Raju, J. , in two connected writ petitions Nos. 553 and 571 of 1954.

( 2 ) THE admitted facts are simple and may be stated. Gorantla Agraharam was admittedly a grant of a whole village made by the Vaddera King in the year 1133 A. D. in favour of one Malladi Somanadha Somayajulu. Subsequent to the grant, there was a partition between the grantee and his younger brother Singarajupriyulu, and in that partition the village was divided into southern part and northern part. These two parts were shown in the subsequent document as southern division and northern division. The southern division fell to the share of Somanadha Somayajulu and the northern division to Singarajupriyulu. As Singarajupriyulu died without issue, the northern division was resumed by the grantor. But it was re-granted in the year 1949-50 by one Raja Venkatadri Naidu in favour of Veluri narayana Somayajulu. But the southern division remained in the family of the original grantee. At the time of the Inam Commission, the two grants were confirmed and two title deeds were issued, one for the northern division and the o