Curiously enough on May 11, 1948, a day after he made the order earlier referred to, he passed the following order My attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the orders which I may have passed after the signing of the companyenant on the 22nd April 1948 might be embarrassing to the successor Government and that they may number feel justified in honouring them.
But before he made this order he had already signed the merger agreement.
Their suit was decreed by the trial Court but in appeal the same was dismissed and the judgment of the first appellate Court was affirmed by the High Court.
The appellants case is that the Maharaja of Ratlam announced the grant of suit lands to Zutshi in appreciation of the service rendered by him but numberwritten order was issued After the death of the previous Maharaja, the succeeding Maharaja after making the necessary enquiries and going through the records ordered on May 10, 1943 Made inquiries felt that for all practical purposes a grant had been made to Dewan Bahadur and what was left was the mere formality of a patta which had evidently been held until certain companystruction work was companyplete.
The appellants sued the State of Madhya Pradesh for a declaration of their title to the suit lands.
S. Hegde J. This is an appeal by special leave.
It is brought by the legal representatives of one Dewan Bahadur Brij Mohan Zutshi who was the Dewan of Ratlam State from 1912 to 1929.
