Ramesam, Offg. C.J.

1. These are a batch of second appeals arising out of suits filed by the mirasidars of the village of Sandankadu for ejecting the defendants from the suit lands and for recovering the rent of Faslis 1322 to 1324. The plaintiffs alleged in their plaints that the defendants cultivate the suit land as parakudies under them and failed to pay the rent. The District Munsif of Pattukottai who tried the suit decreed the plaintiffs suits for ejectment with subsequent mesne profits but disallowed the prior rent. In some of the suits there were appeals to the District Jui3ge. The District Judge of West Tanjore reversed the decrees of the District Munsif in all the appeals except six. Of the six appeals that were not reversed two abated by the death of the appellants. The other four wore dismissed on the merits. In all these six appeals there are no second appeals. In the remaining cases second appeals have been filed by the plaintiffs which are before us for disposal.

2. The history of the village may be shortly set forth. The village of Sandakadu was originally a mirasi village held by the mirasidars like other mirasi villages situated in the Tanjore and Chingleput