Appeals by special leave from the judgment and order dated September 2, 1965 of the Madras High Court in Second Appeals Nos.
11 16 to 1118 of 1966.
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The trial companyrt, the lower appellate companyrt and the High Court have negatived the companytentions of the appellants.
299, 335 and 346 of 1961.
Mohan, Kumaramangalam and R. Gopalakrishnan, for the appellants in all the appeals .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Grover, J. These three appeals by special leave arise out of three suits filed by the plaintiff for declaration of his title to the lands described in the schedules attached to the plaints and for possession of those lands as also for arrears of rent and for mesne profits.
The plaintiff claimed that he and his predecessors in title were ryots under the inamdars of the village and that the defendants were lessees and were only under tenants.
Narsaraju, G. Narasimham and K. Jayaram, for respondent in all the appeals .
The defence of the defendants who are appellants before us was that the plaintiff and his predecessor in title were land holders and number ryots and that the defendants had occupancy rights by long possession and by virtue of the provisions of the aforesaid Act.
