Section 40(5)(a) in Tamil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963
(a)The Tribunal shall, in determining the amount of compensation payable to the maintenance-holders and apportioning the same among them, have regard, as far as possible, to the following considerations, namely:-(i)the compensation payable in respect of the inam estate;(ii)the number of persons to be maintained out of that estate;(iii)the nearness of relationship of the person claiming to be maintained;(iv)the other sources of income of the claimant; and(v)the circumstances of the family of the claimant.