( 1 ) THIS Second Appeal has been directed to be posted before a Bench by our learned brother Umamaheswaram, J. , because he considered that it raised a question of importance involving the interpretation of clause (vi) of sub-section (2) of section 17 of the Indian Registration Act.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case are these : The plaintiff and the 1st defendant are brothers who become divided some time before suit. One Pydithalli, the son of their paternal uncle, died issucless in the year 1942 and his properties were inherited by Kannamma, his widow, who alienated the suit lands as well as some other properties in favour of one Sanni. Thereupon the plaintiff and the 1st defendant in their capacity as the nearest reversioners to the estate of Pydithalli filed O. S. No. 166 of 1945 on the file of the District Munsif s Court, Chodavaram, against the widow and her alienee, who were impleaded as the 2nd the 1st defendants respectively, for a declaration that the alienation would not bind the estate of late Pydithalli. The suit resulted in a compromise between the alienee and the brothers. The compromise decree passed therein which is dated 3rd October, 1945, contains the