The learned Counsel for the appellants raised before us the following contentions: (1) The appeal by the legal representatives of Jahana against the order of the Additional Collector, Meerut, was properly presented to the Court of the Commissioner; (2) assuming that the said appeal had abated, the decision of the Additional Collector in the suit giving rise to the said appeal would not operate as res judicata in the connected appeals; (3) the Revenue Court had no jurisdiction to try the suits ; (4) as the suits had been stayed under r. 4 of the Rules made under the U. P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950, hereinafter called the Rules, they had abated under r. 5 of 'the said Rules; (5) the finding on issue one, namely, that the appellants were not hereditary tenants, was vitiated by errors of law ; and (6) the finding on issue two, namely, to what damages, if any, was the plaintiff entitled was contrary to law inasmuch as the Additional Collector gave damages though neither the witnesses deposed to it nor the Advocate advanced any argument thereon.