Supreme Court of India
Sri Vedaraneesw Ararswamy Devasthanam v. The Dominion of India and Another.
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In the result the appeal fails but there will be no order as to costs.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Hindu Temple-Manager agreeing to transfer temple property on fixed annual compensation-Transaction, if a permanent lease Construction-Rule. The appellant Devasthanam had certain properties, granted to it in inam by the Rajas of Tanjore centuries ago, which com prised salt pans. After the passing of Regulation l of 1805, which prohibited manufacture of salt except on account of the Government or with their express sanction, the East India Com- pany in 1806 took over possession of those properties and the agreement between the parties as recorded in the order passed on behalf of the Board of
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