Exemption of questions relating to ground-rents from jurisdiction of Supreme Court

The ground-rents payable to [the Government] from lands in Madras are revenue within the meaning of the Act of Parliament, 21 Geo. III, cap. 70; and the Supreme Court of Judicature established by Royal Charter at Madras has not any civil jurisdiction concerning the said ground-rents or concerning anything ordered or done in the assessment or collection thereof.