JUDGMENT/ORDER

1. The appeals are directed against the common judgment and decree dtd. 27/11/2003 passed in OS Nos.4930 and 4932 of 1996, by the XXVII Additional City Civil Judge, Bengaluru, whereby the suit of the plaintiffs came to be dismissed.

2. The parties are referred to as plaintiffs and defendants per their original rankings before the Trial Court.

3. The case of the plaintiffs in brief are as under:

By a grant order dtd. 29/6/1957, the landed property measuring 2 acres assessed at Rs.3.00 bearing Survey No.144 of Hoodi village Krishnaraja Pura Hobli, Bengaluru South Taluk having boundaries on: East by Pattandur Agrahara boundary; West by Survey Nos.214, 213, 212 and 211; North by Portion of Survey No.144 owned by H.K. Subbaraju S/o. late Krishnamaraju and South by Survey No. 145 [hereinafter referred to as "suit property" for short] was granted in favour of the plaintiff being for upset price. Katha of the lands were mutated in the names of the plaintiffs and the same is reflected in the revenue records. Plaintiffs enjoyed the property by cultivating the said land and grown dry crops. They also paid required land revenue in respect of the granted land and lands were also p