JUDGMENT

1. This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the Additional Subordinate Judge of Dacca dated the 30th of August 1911 The facts of the case are stated in the report of the Settlement Officer dated the 6th November 1914, in the order of the Director of Land Records on appeal dated the 7th May 1915 and in the judgment appealed from. In the year 1835, the Government purchased at sale for arrears of land revenue an eight-anna share of a Zamindari known as Bardakhat. Within this estate, there were several taluks created by the former proprietors, each comprising a joar or group of villages. The question which arises relates to one of these taluks or joars. A similar question had previously arisen in regard to other joars. The joar with which we are concerned was granted as a miras taluk by the then proprietor to one Shyam Sunder Dutt on the 21st February 1827, the consideration being a lump payment of Rs. 6,600 siccca and an annual rent of Rs. 1,237-80 sicca fixed in perpetuity. After the purchase of the parent estate by the Government, the Revenue Authorities had to consider how the estate should be dealt with. The subject was discussed at length in a letter dated the 15