248 and affirmed in the Pull Bench case in Hafiz Mohd. Ahmad Saeed Khan v. Shiam Lal ('44) 31 A.I.R. 1944 All. 177 that the prohibition against transfer has passed from the domain of a presumption into the domain of a rule of law, we feel no hesitation in holding that the evidence furnished by the wajibularz reinforced by such a rule of law, has not been outweighed by the evidence furnished by the deeds. We, therefore, allow the appeal, set aside the decrees of the Courts below and dismiss the plaintiffs' suit with costs in all Courts.
He also contends, on the authority of Narain Singh v. Net Ram ('40) 27 A.I.R. 1940 All. 535, that the finding of the lower appellate Court in favour of the respondents is a finding of fact and should not be disturbed in second appeal.
6. The case in Mohd. Fazalur Rahman v. Nand Kishore ('45) 32 A.I.R. 1945 All. 140, will therefore have no application. We shall proceed upon the assumption that the village is an agricultural village and the wajib-ul-arz must, unless outweighed by other evidence, hold the field. But the "other evidence" must be of a strong character, inasmuch as the probative value of the wajib-ul-arz has always been accepted to be very high.
306, which is a clear authority for the proposition that "the question whether a prevailing practice has the essential attributes of a legally binding custom is a question of law" or to the case in Nathwa v. Raghubans Narain Singh ('34) 21 A.I.R. 1934 All. 890, which holds that: