( 1 ) THE Judgment of the Court was delivered by the Hon ble Mr. Justice satyanarayana Rao. This is a batch of three appeals arising out of a common judgment by which the suits were disposed of in the lower court. Appeal No. 342 of 1949 is an appeal against O. S. No. 2 of 1946, Appeal No. 551 of 1951 arises out of O. S. No. 37 of 1947 and Appeal No. 789 of 1950 arises out of O. S. No. 93 of 1947. The evidence being common, it was recorded in O. S. No. 2 of 1946, and the parties filed a joint memo to the effect that the evidence in that case might be treated as evidence in the other connected cases. The suit O, S. No. 2 of 1946 was the main suit and it was filed by the shrotriamdar for establishing that the defendants and the other tenants in occupation of the lands do not own occupancy rights. The suit O. S. No. 37 of 1947, out of which Appeal No. 551 of 1951 arises, was by the tenants for a declaration that they have occupancy rights in the lands in their possession. Under Order I Rule 8, C. P. G. , permission was obtained to institute the suit not only on behalf of themselves but also on behalf of all the tenants in the village in a representative capacity. In O. S. No. 93 of 194

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