Satyanarayana Rao, J.-Defendants 1 and 3 are the appellants in this second appeal. The lands in suit of the extent of 5 acres 20 cents were held by the plaintiff’s predecessors as Devadasi service inam for rendering service in a temple. After the enactment of section 44-A by the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Amendment Act (Madras Act V of 1929) the Government disannexed the inam from the service and granted a title deed to the plaintiff on 13th April, 1931, which is marked as Exhibit P-1 in the case. The plaintiff instituted the suit for recovery of possession of the property from the defendants who resisted it on the ground that they had acquired title to the lands by adverse possession. Without referring to the long history of the previous proceedings in the suit it would be sufficient for the purpose of disposing of this appeal to state that. On an issue remitted for trial by the District Court, it has now been finally determined that the inam grant consisted of both the warams. The only question that remains for disposal in this second appeal is the effect of the enfranchisement proceedings of the year 1931 on the title of the plaintiff. The contention urged on beh