Yeshwant Singh and other sons of Lallu Nahar Singh, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs, filed a suit against Rao Jagdish Singh and 4 others (Revenue Cas.e No. 24 of 2000 S. Y.) in the Court of Tehsildar, Pargana Pichhore, District Gwalior, for the possession of some agricultural land under s. 326 of Qanoon Mal. The plaintiffs' case. in brief. was that they were gairdakhi/kar cultivators and that Rao Jagdish Singh, defendant No. 1, had forcibly prevented the plaintiff> from doing cultivation and got the disputed land cultivated by defendants Nos. 2 and 3, by interfering with the possession of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs prayed that a deer.cc for possession may be passed in their favour against ~II the defendants. The defendants' case, in brief, was that the village in which the land in dispute is situated is Ryotwari village und no suit could be instituted against Jagirdars under s. 326. The defendants further alleged that the plaintiffs had failed to pay revenue and their rights had been extinguished under s. 82 of Qa11'1nn Ryot\l'ari. The Tehsildar decreed the suit. The Collector on appeal upheld th,· order. The Commissioner on
