Section 38A(2) in Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion Into Ryotwari) Act, 1948
(2)Any such individual who renders the service on being required to do so by the institution as aforesaid shall be entitled to be paid by the institution every year such sum as may be fixed by agreement between the individual and the institution, and if no such agreement can be reached, such sum as may be fixed by the Board constituted under the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1926 [(Madras Act II of 1927)], in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Government in this behalf:Provided that if the individual pays to the institution the amount of compensation paid to him under this Act, the institution shall, in lieu of the sum aforesaid, pay to the individual every year a sum equal to the aggregate of the amounts which would be payable by the Government under section 38, if the inam estate or part thereof was held immediately before the notified date by a religious institution.Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, "individual" means the person who would have held the inam estate or part thereof, if it had not vested in the Government under this Act.]