The petitioner is the Raja of Ramnad and he files this petition in his capacity as the sole and hereditary trustee of the Ramanathapuram Devasthanam and Chatrams. The petitioner was the hereditary trustee of several devasthanams each of which owned estates which had been notified and taken over by the Government. The claim of the petitioner is that the compensation payable to the several institutions of which he is the trustee has not been calculated in accordance with law and that a much lesser sum than that which is legally clue is being paid. The relief, therefore, which he seeks is the issue of “a writ of mandamus or other appropriate direction directing the State of Madras” to calculate the compensation payable to the institutions under sections 38 (2) and 54 (1) of Act XXVI of 1948 by reference to the original rate unreduced by Act XXX of 1947 and to make payment thereof or in the alternative to take into account the compensation provided in section 5 (1) of Act XXX of 1947 and to make payment accordingly. In the affidavit in support of the petition he has set out in Schedule A the villages which have been taken over by the Government and the several temples and chatrams