Section 3(3)(c) in Tamil Nadu Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Rules, 1965
(c)in other cases, the landholder who is entitled to the largest share of the income shall be recognized as the landholder but, if there is none among the landholders who is entitled to a larger share of the income than any one or the rest, the Settlement Officer shall hold an enquiry and recognise that one among them who, in his opinion, is fit to be the landholder, as the landholder.