The petition came on for hearing, in the first instance, before a Division Bench of the Court which, having regard to the importance of the question, involved, referred the matter for decision by a Bench of three Judges.
The appellant thereafter applied to the Court for a certificate of fitness under Article 133 1 c of the Constitution and this having been granted, the appeal is number before us.
The petition was accordingly allowed and the rule was made absolute, and a writ was directed to be issued as prayed for.
The judgment of the High Court from which this appeal has been brought was delivered on February 23, 1960.
A day previous to that, however, a statute enacted by the Andhra legislature The Madras Estates Land Reduction of Rent Andhra Pradesh Amendment Act, 1960 Act IX of 1960 received the assent of the President.
Rajagopala Ayyangar, J. The Madras Legislature enacted Act XXX of 1941 entitled The Madras Estates Land Reduction of Rent Act, 1947 which was designed, as recited in its preamble, to provide for the reduction of rents payable by ryots in estates governed by the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908, approximately to the level of the assessments levied on lands in ryotwari areas in the neighbourhood and for the companylection of such rents exclusively by the State Government.
