JAGADISAN, J.:- This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of India against the judgment in S.T.A. No.40 of 1960 of a Bench of two learned Judges of this Court functioning as a Special Appellate Tribunal, under Madras Estates (Supplementary) Act, 1956, Madras Act XXX of 1956. The question for consideration in the Special Tribunal Appeal was whether the village of Kudimari was an inam estate or not, as defined by S.2(7) of the Madras Estates Abolition Act, Act XXVI of 1948. The Assistant Settlement Officer held that it was an inam estate but on appeal the Estates Abolition Tribunal reversed that decision and held the contrary. There was appeal under S.1 and S.11(2) of Madras Act XXX of 1956 (Special Tribunal App. No.40 of 1956) and the decision of the Estates Abolition Tribunal was affirmed. It is against this decision that the present application has been preferred under Art.133 of the Constitution.

2. The learned Government Pleader appearing for the State of Madras, the respondent, in this application, has taken the preliminary objection that the application is not competent. He contends that Art.133 of the Constitution provides for a right of appeal t