Raju, J.

The above two appeals have been filed against the appeals in C.M.A.Nos. 104 of 1977 and 39 of 1978 on the file of the Minor Inams Tribunal (Sub Court, Erode) dated 11. 1982, confirming the orders of the Settlement Tahsildar IV, Erode dated 9. 1970 granting ryotwari patta in favour of the respondent-temple under Sec. 11 read with Sec.8(2)(i)(b) and 8(2)(ii) of the Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963.

2. The lands mentioned in the Schedule to the order of the Settlement Tahsildar were said to be unenfranchised minor inam granted for the support of the pagoda of Varadarajaperumal at Nathakadayur, Dharapuram Taluk and the said grant was also stated to have been confirmed by the British Government in T.D.No.2478 permanently to the pagoda, so long as it is well kept up. The inam in question was notified under Sec. 1(5) of the said Act and taken over on and from 12. 1965. Some of the persons in occupation of the lands, have preferred claims for ryotwari patta under Sec.8 and proceedings were initiated to consider the said claims as well as the claims of the temple concerned. The case of the private claimants as they may be called