MISHRA, J.

1. One of the respondents who was benefited by a suo motu enquiry by the settlement Tahsildar III (SE), Tiruchirapalli dated 27.8.1969 and who, according to the Tahsildar, was entitled to a ryotwari patta under the Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963 (Act 30 of 1963), has preferred this appeal against the order of the Inam Abolition Tribunal, Tiruchirapalli under S. 30 (1) of Act 30 of 1963. The Tahsildar initiated suo motu enquiry in respect of certain lands situated in Vellitnirumutham Village within the municipal limits of the town of Srirangam in Tiruchirapalli District. He had directed the said enquiry in respect of the lands that were minor inams granted as Devadayam for the support of the Pagoda of Sri Ranganathaswami at Srirangam and confirmed by the Government in T.D. No. 1027. According to the Tahsildar, these lands were notified under S. 1 (4) of the Act and on the appointed date, that is to say, 15.2.1965, on which date the inam tenure in respect of these lands stood abolished the lands vested in the Government free of all encumbrances. He appeared, however, to take the view that the answer as to who was entitle