Mohan, Officiating C.J.

1. This is rather an unfortunate case in which for no fault of the writ petitioner, the third respondent herein, he has been driven from pillar to post. All that the third respondent wanted was a notice before the proceedings under the Tamil Nadu Gudalur Janmam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1969 - Tamil Nadu Act 24 of 1969 were finalised.

2. The short facts of the case are as under:-As early as in 1840 one Padamittah Ookaran, the predecessor-in-title of the appellant came into possession of some of the lands connected with the lands in the Gudalur Janmam. There were certain court proceedings and ultimately in O.S. No. 113 of 1863 on the file of the principal SunderAmin of Calicut, the objection relating to the attachment of a portion of the estate was upheld, and Venkitasubha Iyer the successor-in-interest of Ookaran executed a deed of conveyance in April, 1871 in respect of 3/4th of his share of the property to one C.Rangacharyalu. Subsequent to this conveyance, Venkitasubha Iyer died in 1872 and his son K.Seshadri Iyer became entitled to the remaining 1/4th share in the property. After the death of Venkitasubba Iyer, in 1922 t