1. This appeal is filed by the State of Assam. Respondent Sifat Ali and others brought a suit for declaration of title to 30 B. 2 K. 14 Chattaks of land of periodic patta No. 171 of village Niargram Part II Pargana Sonapur in the district of Cachar. Plaintiff's case is that the property belonged to Ashrof Ali Choudhury, Imani Meah Choudhury and other Choudhuries of village Sonabarighat. The land was sold by Ashrof Ali Choudhury and the other owners by two registered Kobalas to the plaintiffs and their fathers for Rs. 900. The land was subsequently made a grazing reserve. In 1942 the plaintiffs got an annual patta of the land as the land was made open for settlement. Objection was raised to the settlement of the land with the plaintiffs and an application was preferred to the Deputy Commissioner for cancellation of the settlement of the disputed land with the plaintiffs. The Deputy Commissioner rejected it. An appeal was preferred to the Assam Revenu