R.E.M.S. ABDUL HAMEED vs

The Supreme Court addressed the classification of Arayapuram Thattimal Padugai under The Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963 (Act No. 30 of 1963) versus the Madras Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act XXVI of 1963 (Act No. 26 of 1963). The Court upheld the Settlement Officer's decision that the land constituted a minor inam under Act No. 30 of 1963, affirming that the original grant did not specify acreages or cawnies, thus not qualifying as an estate under Section 3(2)(d) of the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the validity of the government's notification under Act No. 30 of 1963.