( 1 ) THESE eleven appeals have been filed by the tenants defendants under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against a judgment of Mr. Justice Roxburgh whereby he has dismissed eleven second appeals preferred by them, questioning the correctness of decrees for assessment of rents made by the Courts below.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff, Rai Bahadur Phanindra Lal Sen, purchased a putni taluk named Lot Simdali at an auction sale held under the Putni Regulation on 17-11-1932. This pu*ni taluk is included in Touzi No. 1 of the Burdwan Collectorate, held by the Maharaja of Burdwan. It is undisputed that in 1210 B. S. the Maharaja created a putni in respect of the lands of Mauza Simdali and other properties in favour of one Jagat Narayan Roy; in 1212 B. S. one Bhaktaram Roy executed another Kabuliat in respect of the lands of Mouza Simdali and other mouzas and in 1221 B. S. one Bhafrab Singh executed a third putni Kabuliat in respect of the lands of Mouza Simdali only. In 1235 B. S. , the putni was sold under the Putni Regulation and purchased by one Badam Bibi and in 1300 B. S. the Putni was again sold and purchased by one Bakkeswar Ta whose heirs were in possession on the date of the a