1. This Second Appeal is referred to a Bench by our learned brother, Manohar Pershad, J., as an important question of law is involved in it, the question being whether it is competent for the legal guardian of a Hindu minor to alienate by sale the minor's immoveable property merely for the reason that a good price is fetched by the sale and thus the minor would financially be benefited.

2. The facts which led to the filing of the above second appeal are as follows : There are three defendants in the suit who are brothers. Defendants 2 and 3 are minors represented by their mother and guardian, Chinnalu. The property involved in this suit consists of a site with two thatched houses situated in the village of Etikoppaka, Visakhapatnam district. The property was purchased under the registered sale deed, Ex. B.1 dated 29-3-52 for a sum of Rs.100/- executed by one Nakkina Bayyanna an