(1.) The 1st set of defendants in Title Suit No.35/1964/3/1972, on the file of 1st Additional Subordinate Judge, Ara, District- Bhojpur, are the appellants in this Letters Patent Appeal.
(2.) The original plaintiff in the suit was the paternal grandfather of respondents 1 to 3 herein. One Smt. Ramdulari Devi, originally figured as defendant in the suit. However, she was transposed as 2nd plaintiff in the suit. The respondents 6 to 49 are the legal representatives of the persons, who figured as other defendants in the suit. For the sake of convenience, the parties are being referred to, as arrayed in the suit.
(3.) The entire dispute is about the land which was originally owned by one Sri Noor Ali. Facts in brief are as under: