GONDUMOGULA TATAYYA vs PENUMATCHA ANANDA VIJAYA VENKATARAMA TIMMA JAGAPATHIRAJU(A

The Supreme Court held that the minor inams in Goteru village do not qualify as estates under Section 3(2)(d) of the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908, as they were not grants of whole villages. The Court established that the crucial test for determining whether a grant constitutes an estate is whether it encompasses an entire village or merely a part of it. The appeals for ejectment of tenants were dismissed, affirming the lower court's ruling that the inams did not confer occupancy rights as claimed by the respondents.