ramraghuraj singh died on april 23 1932 and on his death the first respondent the son of ramraghuraj singh was declared as the ward of the companyrt of wards which companytinued to manage the estate on his behalf respondents 2 to 6 claiming to be the reversioners to the estate of raja ajit singh filed a suit on june 15 1935 for recovery of possession of the estate.
the plaintiffs averred that ramralhurai singh was the son of one jhutti by her husband one sukhai and that as raja ajit singh had numberissue he and the ranies treated the boy as their son that the lodhi companymunity to which raja ajit singh belonged was number a sudra caste and that therefore even if ramraghuraj singh was the illegitimate son of raja ajit singh he was number entitled to a share and that in any view half of the share of the widows in the estate would devolve on their death on the reversioners to the exclusion of the illegitimate son.
the 1st appellant alone proceeded with the appeal.
appellants 1 and 2 are alleged to be the assignees pendente lite of the interest of the alleged reversioners.
ajit singh was the raja of saliya estate companysisting of 73 villages and other property situate in jabalpur and saugor districts.
civil appellate jurisdiction civil appeal number 462 of 1957.
appeal by special leave from the judgment and decree dated april 181952 of the former nagpur high companyrt in first appeal number 88 of 1942.
after the death of raja ajit singh the estate was taken over by the companyrt of wards on behalf of the widows in the year 1913 and remained in its possession till march 27 1923.
after the death of rani khuman kuar the local government issued a numberification recognizing ramraghuraj singh as the successor to the estate but for one reason or other the court of wards companytinued to manage the estate on his behalf from september 23 1923.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by subba rao j. this appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment and decree of the high of judicature at nagpur companyfirming the judgment of the 2nd additional district judge jabalpur in civil suit number 9 a of 1942 filed by respondents 2 to 7 herein claiming to be the reversioners of the estate of one raja ajitsingh.
har dayal hardy and n. n. keswani for respondent number 1.
rani anant kuar died in or about 1914 and rani khuman kuar passed away on february 1 1922.
march 16.
b. agarwala and k. p. gupta for the appellant number 1.
ajit singh died on january 2 1910 leaving behind him two widows named rani khuman kuar and rani anant kuar and an illegitimate son named ramraghuraj singh.
