JUDGMENT

Lindsay and Kanhaiya Lal, JJ. - The dispute in this case relates to a plot of land situate in the village Sisamau in the Cawnpore district. The plaintiffs claimed to be co-sharers of a mahal to which this land appertains. One of the plaintiffs is an idol whose property is under the management of Ajodhya Prasad. The other two plaintiffs are Ajodhya Prasad and Baldeo Prasad, whose property is under the management of the Court of Wards. There is another co-sharer, Sheo Prasad, whose property is also under the management of the Court of Wards. The allegation of the plaintiffs was that the defendant Hira Lal had taken wrongful possession of the disputed land and started making constructions thereon without any right. The defence of Hira Lal was that the plaintiffs had not been in possession of the disputed land and that he had been in possession thereof for more than twelve years. The court of first instance found against him and decreed the claim. On appeal one of the pleas taken up for the first time on behalf of Hira Lal was that the plaintiffs had no right to maintain the suit because their property was under the management of the Collector of Cawnpore as Manager of the Cour