Venkataramana Rao, J.

1. This second appeal arises out of a suit in ejectment to recover possession of the suit land with arrears of rent and future profits from defendant 1 who was in occupation thereof. Defendants 2 to 5 were impleaded in the suit as assignees of defendant 1. The suit property admittedly belonged to a devaswom known as Puthankottan Devaswam. The uraima right was held, according to the findings of both the lower Courts, by four uralans who are the karnavans for the time being of four different tarwads, namely Neelangapurath, Edavan Putta-lath, Erambala and Thiyancheri Kaloth. Defendant 1 occupied the land under a marupat dated 24th June 1912, Ex. A, granted by the uralans Neelangapurath Appa alias Chidan Nambiar and Edavan Puthalath Krishnan Nambiar, the then karnavans of their respective tarwads. It was to run for a period of 12 years and at the end of the term, defendant 1 undertook to surrender possession on payment to him of the kuzhikur value. Four years thereafter the same two uralans executed a kanom kuzhikanom demise in favour of the plaintiff under a deed dated 5th July 1916, Ex. B, for a period of 16 years from the said date with power to recover