Balakrishna Ayyar, J.-On 24th March, 1950, Komaravelu Pillai, the permanent hereditary karnam of the village of Thadikombu in Dindigul taluk died leaving him surviving a widow by name Nagarathnammal and a minor son, Vellaswami aged about 12 years. By an order made on 4th September, 1950, the Sub-Collector Dindigul, registered Vellaswami as the permanent karnam and appointed one Ibrahim Saheb to be his deputy during the period of his minority. Against this order appointing Ibrahim Saheb as deputy, Nagarathnammal, preferred an appeal to the District Collector, Mathurai. Her prayer to the Sub-Collector appears to have been that one Nagaratnam, a relation of hers, should be appointed deputy By an order, dated 28th October, 1950, the District Collector set aside the appointment of Ibrahim Saheb on the ground that it was undesirable to appoint a Muslim as deputy of a Hindu minor. As Nagarathnammal had intimated that she was willing to nominate Nagaratnam, the District Collector directed the Sub-Collector to examine the qualifications of the nominee and to appoint him if he was found suitable. Ibrahim Saheb thereupon filed a revision petition to the Board of Revenue. Nagarathnammal appear

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