Survey of inams

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any inam village, which became an estate by virtue of the Tamil Nadu Estates Land (Third Amendment) Act, 1936 (Tamil Nadu Act XVIII of 1936), or part of an estate as well as any other land (not forming part of any such estate), the grant of which in inam has been made, confirmed or recognized by the Government may be surveyed or if it has been surveyed before the 1st day of July 1956, may be re-surveyed, as if it were Government land, in accordance with the provisions for the survey of such land contained in the Tamil Nadu Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1923). (2) The cost of the survey or re-survey, except so much thereof as is payable by any person under the provisions of section 8 of the Tamil Nadu Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Tamil Nadu Act VIII of 1923), shall be borne by the State Government.