Judgment

FAZAL ALI, J.:- These appeals are directed against a judgment of the Special Bench of The Patna High Court by which the High Court decreed title suit No, 5/61 after reversing the judgment of the trial Court. It appears that after the death of Maharaja Harendra Kishore Singh (hereinafter referred to as the Maharaja) who died issueless on the 26th of March 1893, a serious dispute arose about the Impartible estate left by him. The Maharaja claimed to be a direct descendant of Raja Hirday Narain Singh who was the admitted owner of the properties. Several persons came forward with rival claims of being the heirs to the properties left by the Maharaja which consisted of immovable and moveable properties, such as lands, houses, jewellery, etc. As a result of the hot contest by each of the claimants, one suit was filed at Varanasi being T.S. No, 3/55. That suit was filed by one Ram Bux Singh who claimed to be the nearest reversioner of the late Maharaja. That suit, however, appears to have died its natural death during the preliminary stages and was ultimately withdrawn on April 9, 1956, leaving only three claimants in the field.

2. Another suit was filed on 16th August 1955 in the