Section 51 in Tamil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963
51. Unclaimed and undisbursed amounts how dealt with.
(1)(a)All amounts deposited in the office of Tribunal under sub-section (1) of section 36, sub-sections (5) and (7) of section 45, or sub-section (2) of section 57 and remaining unpaid and with reference to which no claim has been made within the time specified in sub-section (1) of section 37 or in sub-section (4) of section 57, as the case may be, or no application for payment has been made within the time specified in section 50; and(b)all amounts deposited as aforesaid and remaining unpaid after the expiry of a period of six months from the date of the disposal of the application under section 50;shall be withdrawn by the Tribunal and deposited in the District Court having jurisdiction over the inam estate concerned in the name of the inam estate or, as the case may be, in the name of the person or persons in whose favour an order for payment has been made by the Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal.(2)All amounts deposited by the Tribunal in the District Court under subsection (1) shall be dealt with by the District Court in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Government in this behalf.(3)Every person who makes a claim to, or enforceable against, any amount held in deposit under sub-section (1) shall apply to the District Court in the prescribed form setting forth his claim.(4)The District Court shall, after giving notice to all persons who have applied under sub-section (3) and to any others whom it considers to be interested, make enquiry into the validity of the claims received by it and subject to the provisions of sub-section (5) determine the persons who are entitled to the amount held in deposit and the amount to which each of them is entitled.(5)Every order for payment made by the Tribunal or the Special Appellate Tribunal in favour of any person shall be binding on the District Court.
