HAJARNAVIS J.-These two petitions are directed against an appellate order passed by the Commissioner. Aurangabad, who partly allowed the appeal filed by the occupant of the suit lands viz. the petitioner in Special Civil Application· No. 548 of 1971 against the order passed by the District Deputy Collector, Land Reforms, Bhir.

2. Survey Nos. 41 and 42 .of village Parli were community service in am lands. The inams were abolished on 1st July 1960 under the Hyderabad Abolition of Inams and Cash Grants Act, 1954 (hereinafter called as the "Hyderabad Abolition of Inams Act"). Before the abolition of the inam, the Inamdar had granted lease for 20 years of Survey Nos. 41 and 42 to Nagnathappa (Petitioner in Special Civil Application No. 344 of 1971) in 1944 by a registered lease deed. Nagnathappa sub· let a plot admeasuring 300'x500' to Srinivas (petitioner in Special Civil Application No. 548 of 1971) on 14th April 1949 by a registered Lease Deed for 18 years. On the same day, he sub-let another plot admeasuring 200' x 300' to one Ramgopal for 18 years by a registered deed. This Ramgopal, in his turn, sub-let this plot to Srinivas on 6th June 1965. After the Hyderabad Abolition