C.M.P. Nos. 2615 of 1951 and 13245 of 1950.

Krishnaswami Nayudu, J.- These petitions are for issue of writs of certiorari and they arise out of proceedings taken under the Madras Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act (XXVI of 1948). In C.M.P. No. 2615 of 1951 the village of Sudiyur in the Paramakudi taluk of the Ramanathapuram District has been declared to be an Inam Estate under Act XXVI of 1948. The contention of the petitioners is that it is not an inam estate and the Government has no jurisdiction to apply the provisions of the Act to the said village. From the Inam Fair Register (Exhibit A-1) it will be seen that the entire village of Sudiyur was granted originally as Dharmasanam inam in 1774. In 1794 one Marudu Servakaran the then Dewan of Sivaganga purchased a portion, that is, 11½ vritties, and granted it for the support of Sudiyur chatram. A portion of the village was therefore owned as Dharmasanam and the remaining extent was owned by the chatram. At the time of the Inam settlement two title deeds were issued one for the Dharmasanam portion and the other for the chatram portion to two different persons and for two different purposes. The total extent of the

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