It is companymon ground that the part referred to in this numberification is the one sixteenth part, which forms the subject matter of this appeal.
On appeal from the Judgment and Order dated the 4th day of April 1952 of the Madras High Court in Civil Miscellaneous Petition No.
K. T. Chari, Advocate General of Madras R. Ganapathy Iyer and P. G. Gokhale, with him for the appellant.
In 1802, the estate was permanently settled, and an istimrari sanad was issued in favour of the Rajah.
Kesava lyengar, M. S. K. Iyengar, with him for the respondent.
October 21.
219 of 1954.
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Subsequent to the permanent settlement, on some date which does number appear on the record, Rani Mangaleswari, the then holder of the Zamindari, made a fresh grant of the one sixteenth part which had been resumed, to the inamdars who held the remaining 15/16th portion of the village under the grant of 1757.
The subject matter of this appeal is an one sixteenth share in the village of Karuppur situated within the ambit of the Zamindari of Ramanatha puram.
On 31 12 1863 the Inam Commissioner companyfirmed the grant of 1757, and issued an inam certificate in respect of the 15/16th portion of the village.
Before that date, the donees under the grant of 1757 representing an one sixteenth share had abandoned the village, and in companysequence, the inam had eo extanti been resumed.
8302 of 1950.
At the permanent settlement, this one sixteenth part was included in the assets of the Zamindari, and taken into account in fixing the peishkush thereon.
In 1757 Muthu Vijaya Ragunatha, the then Rajah of Ramanathapuram, made a grant of the whole of the village of Karuppur to a number of persons for various charitable purposes.
Among the villages mentioned as companyprised in the Zamindari was Karuppur part described as an under tenure.
The holders of this ancient Zamindari were, during the 18th Century, the virtual rulers of that part of South India, and were known as Sethupathis or the Lords of Rameswaram and the adjacent isles and seas.
