JUDGMENT - F.I. REBELLO, J.:---As the issue involved in the Letters Patent Appeal involves an important question of interpretation of section 7-A of the Goa, Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964, (hereinafter referred to as the "Tenancy Act"), apart from Counsel appearing in the present Letters Patent Appeal, Counsel appearing in Letters Patent Appeal No. 9/99 were also allowed to address the Court on the issue of law.

2.The Companion Letters Patent Appeal No. 9/99 wherein the same issue arose, was also tagged alongwith this Letters Patent Appeal which has been heard. However, it seems that during the pendency of the proceedings, one of the respondents has expired. In the light of that, the said Letters Patent Appeal has to be heard separately after the Legal Representatives are brought on record. However, since the issue of law was common, Counsel appearing in Letters Patent Appeal No. 9/99 were also heard while disposing of the present Letters Patent Appeal.

3.Brief facts may be necessary to be stated before formulating the issue that will arise for determination in the present Letters Patent Appeal.

The appellants herein were the original applicants before the Mamlatdar o

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