Spencer, J.

1. These second appeals are brought against the judgment of the Subordinate Judge of Kumbakonam confirming the judgment of the District Munsif of Valangiman dismissing two suits instituted against the Secretary of State for India in Council for the recovery of portions of poramboke land comprised in Survey No. 95/2 corresponding to paimash N. 809 in the village of Govindapuram from which the plaintiffs were evicted by order of Government officers under the provisions of Act III of 1905, and for damages for the unlawful felling of trees standing upon the said land.

2. The village of Govindapuram is a whole inam village granted in 1809 by Pratap Singh Rajah Saheb, one of the former rulers of Tanjore. The entire village was granted to the inamdars " in free tenure, exempt entirely from payment of revenue or rent," which is the meaning of sarvamanyam. The original grant is not available but we have the title-deed (Ex. E) issued by the Inam Commissioner in 1865, wherein the grantees title was acknowledged by the Government to the sarvamanyam village of Govindapuram claimed to be of 84.15 acres of dry land, 216.15 acres of wet land and 54.29 acres of garden land besides