Inquiry into Thiruppuvaram claims .

(1) The compensation o fficer shall, subject to the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (4), inquire into the claims of any person entitled to Thiruppuvaram immediately before the appointed day and decide which claim should be allowed or rejected or which claim stands escheated or lapsed. (2) When giving a decision under sub-section (1), the compen sation officer shall have regard to the following matters, na mely : — (a) whether the conditions, if any, subject to which the grant of Thiruppuvaram was made are complied with; (b) whether the purpose, if any, for which such grant was made, subsists; (c) such other matters as may be prescribed. (3) Before holding an inquiry under sub-section (1) the compensat ion officer shall give notice in the prescribed manner to the Thiruppuholder, to the landholder, to the Tahsildar of the taluk in which the land is situate and to such other persons as may be specified in the rules made by the Government in this behalf. (4) The compensation officer shall also publish in the prescribed manner in the village the notice referred to in sub-section (3) and after giving the parties who appear before him an opportunity to be heard and to adduce their evidence, give his decision. (5) Against a decision of the compensation officer under sub-section (4), the Government or any person aggrieved may, within three months from the date of the decision, appeal to the Subordinate Judge's Court having jurisdiction over the area, and the court may pass such order on the appeal as it thinks fit. 6) The District Court may, for the purpose of satisfying itself that an order made in any appeal decided by the Subordinate Judge's Court under sub-section (5) was according to law, call for the records of the case and pass such order with respect thereto as it thinks fit.