R.S.Narula, J.

1. The short question which calls for decision in this reference to the Full Bench is whether fixed Court-fees under Article 17(iii) or (vi) of Schedule II (as paid by the plaintiff-petitioners) or ad valorem Court-fees on the value of Rs. 1,00,00,000/- (one crore) under Section 7(iv) (c) of the Court Fees Act VII of 1870, as amended by Punjab Act 31 of 1953 (as directed by the trial Court in its order under revision) is payable on the plaint of the suit filed by Jaikishan Dass and his two sons (plaintiff-petitioners) against Babu Ram and 34 others (defendant-respondents) for a simple declaration to the effect "that the plaintiffs are members of the Joint Hindu family Panna Lal Girdhar Lal as per pedigree table (Schedule A attached to the plaint) owning joint family business as enumerated in Schedule B and the properties as given in Schedule C and are entitled to enforce the right to share in them as members of the Joint Hindu family". (The prayer in the plaint has been quoted by me verbatim in the last sentence for facility of reference). The heading of the plaint is -- "Suit for declaration of plaintiffs status and rights as members of the Joint Hindu famil