These two appeals arise out of proceedings by the State Government under the Land Acquisition Act acquiring several items of properties situated in the village of Mukhasa Nanjikottai, Tanjore District, for the public purpose of construction of quarters for the Armed Reserve. The claimant before the Land Acquisition Officer was one A.Y.S. Parisutha Nadar. At the inception the claim was made for himself and as guardian of his minor children. Being an Indian Christian governed by the Indian Succession Act and the properties acquired being the sole and exclusive properties of Parisutha Nadar at the subsequent stages of the proceedings following the award by the Land Acquisition Officer, he alone figured as the claimant.

O.P. No. 40 of 1955 on the file of the Subordinate Judge’s Court of Tanjore arose out of a reference by the Land Acquisition Officer under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and that related only to the quantum of compensation payable to the claimant. O.P. No. 20 of 1955 on the file of the same Court arose out of a reference under sections 30 and 31 (2) of the Land Acquisition Act and that related to the title of the claimant to receive the compensation amount

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