1. A preliminary objection against the maintainability of the revision has been raised by the counsel appearing for the first respondent in this revision filed by the second respondent in O. A. No. 4440 of 1976. The above application under S.72B of the Kerala Land Reforms Act (hereinafter called the Act) was filed by the first respondent and another for assignment of the right, title and interest of the landlords and the intermediaries in 3.82 acres of dry land comprised in R. S.236/1 and 3.46 acres of wet land comprised in R. S.237/1 in Edappal amsom. The 1st respondent in the application was the ultimate jenmi and the 2nd respondent, who is the revision-petitioner herein was impleaded as an intermediary. This application was contested by the revision-petitioner. The Land Tribunal dismissed the application on the ground that the applicants are not entitled to protection under S.4A of the Act.

2. This order of the Land Tribunal was challenged by the first respondent herein before the Appellate Authority (L.R.) Kozhikode in A. A. 329 of 1981. As the second applicant in O. A. 4440 of 1976 Devaki died; the appeal was filed by the first respondent herein who alone is said to