Patanjali Sastri, J.

1. This civil revision petition arises out of an application filed by the respondent in the Court of the Special Deputy Collector, Chandragiri, under Section 15 (4) of the Madras Agriculturists Relief Act. In order to obtain the benefits of the Act, the respondent who is the proprietor of the Muddumudi village, an agraharam situated in the Kalahasti zamindari, paid into Court Rs. 21-12-2 being the jodi alleged to be due to the petitioner herein, who is the representative in interest of the zamindar, and prayed for a declaration that the rent due for Fasli 1347 had been fully paid up. The petitioner pleaded that the jodi payable by the respondent was not rent as defined by Section 3 (iv) of the Act and that therefore the Court had no jurisdiction to entertain the application. This objection was overruled by the Court below and the only question for determination in this civil revision petition is whether the petitioners contention is correct.

2. The term rent is defined for the purposes of the Act as meaning not only rent as defined by the Madras Estates Land Act but also quit rent, jodi, kattubadi, poruppu or the like payable to the landholder of an estat