1. Second Appeal 1021 is by the 1st defendant in O.S. No. 1081 of the Principal Munsiff's Court, Trivandrum, and Second Appeal 1022 is by the same person who was the 4th defendant in O.S. No. 187 of 1965 of the same Munsiff's court. The two suits, O.S No. 187 of 1965 and O.S. No. 1081 of 1966, were suits for redumption of parts of the property scheduled as A schedule property in O.S. 1081 of 1966 which was a suit for redumption of the B schedule item in the plaint which is only a part of the property described in the A schedule therein. The other suit, O.S. 187 of 1965, was for redumption of another part of the A schedule property in O.S. 1081. The property in O.S. 187 of 1965 was in the possession of the first defendant in that suit. The 4th defendant therein, the appellant in S.A.1022, was only a proforma party in that suit. The suits were tried together and preliminary decrees for redumption of the properties in the two suits were passed in the cases. Appeals were taken and it was con tended before the appellate court that by virtue of S.4A of the Kerala Land Reforms Act, Act 1 of 1964 after its amendment by Act 35 of 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) the mor