Satyanarayana Rao, J.-Having regard to the important questions raised in these appeals and in view of the conflict of judicial opinion on the question of the test to determine, what constitutes “Private land” under section 3(10), sub-clause

(b) (i) of the Madras Estates Land Act, we think that these cases should be heard by a Bench of three Judges.

The matter will be placed before the learned Chief Justice for constituting a Bench of three Judges to hear and dispose of these appeals and Civil Revision Petitions.

In pursuance of the aforesaid order of reference, these second appeals and the Civil Revision Petitions coming on for final hearing, before the Full Bench.

The Court delivered the following Judgments:-

Satyanarayana Rao, J.-These second appeals and the Civil Revision Petitions arise out of a batch of suits relating to the village of Manamelpatti, a Dharmasanam Village, in the Ramnad District. The suits out of which these second appeals arise were instituted by the trustees of Airabhandeswarar Soundaranayagi Amman Temple for ejectment of the defendants from the lands in their respective possession and for recovery of rent for faslis 1349 and 1350 and for future profits. The villa

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