This application is filed under Rule 18 of Order XX, read with Section 151 C.P.C., by the three petitioners, who are said to be assignees of defendant No.206 in C.S.NO.14 of 1958, in respect of 116 acres of land. They pray for a final decree in their favour in respect of the said land, which is part of item No. 37 of Schedule IV, annexed to the preliminary decree.

2. The averments in the affidavit filed in support of the application in brief, are that, the suit was filed by one, Dildarunnisa Begum, for partition of Mathruka properties of Nawab Khurshid Jah, in the City Civil Court, Hyderabad, and later, it was withdrawn to this Court. The Jagir Administrator and State of Andhra Pradesh, that figured as defendant Nos.43 and 53 respectively, opposed the suit and ultimately, a preliminary decree was passed on 28-6-1963, determining the entitlement of the shares. According to them, 80% of the shareholders, including the plaintiff and several defendants sold away their undivided share, as per the preliminary decree through a registered document in favour of H.E.H. the Nizam, and his brother-in-law – Nawab Khasimnavaz Jung in the year 1965, and on an application made by the pur