Section 36(2)(a) in Tamil Nadu Aliyasantana Act, 1949
(a)If, on the date on which a partition is claimed, any of the members of the kutumba who are nearest in degree to their common ancestress is removed four degrees or more from such ancestress, then, the division shall be effected in the following manner:-(i)In three-fourths of the kutumba properties, the kavaru shall be allotted such share as would fall to it, if a division thereof were made per capita among all the members of the kutumba then living.(ii)In the other one-fourth of the kutumba properties, the kavaru shall be allotted such share as would fall to it, if a division thereof were made among the kavarus per stirpes.