Balraj Tuli, J.

1. This judgment will dispose of L. P. A. 4 of 1964 Sada Ram and others v. Gajjan and L. P. A. 5 of 1964 Bhagat Ram v. Gajjan, as they have been directed against the same judgment of the learned Single Judge.

2. The facts are that Gajjan, respondent, filed two suits, one against Dhani Ram and others and the other against Bhagat Ram, for possession of the land mentioned in each suit. That land was inherited by Smt. Malaro after the death of her husband, Hazari, in 1933-34. The appellants in these appeals, who were defendants in the two suits, were reversioners of Hazari and cultivated the land, After the enforcement of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Smt. Malaro made a gift of the land in dispute in favour of Gajjan, plaintiff-respondent. In the plaints it was alleged that the defendants (appellants) cultivated the land as tenants under Smt. Malaro and paid her some grain and a certain fixed sum of money by way of rent, that after the enforcement, of the Hindu Succession Act, Smt. Malaro became absolute owner and made a Gift of the property to the plaintiff who asked the defendants to accept him as the landlord and pay the rent to him but the defendants refus