Section 40(2)(a) in Tamil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963
(a)the principal landholder and his legitimate sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons in the male line living or in the womb on the notified date, including sons, grandsons and great-grandsons adopted before such date (who are hereinafter called "sharer"); and