Kesaram Narasimhulu And Kesaram ... vs Vuddanda Row Narasimhulu Patnailu on 11 October, 1906
In -- 'Kestiram Narasimhulu v. Narasimhulu Patnaidu', 30 Mad 126 (A) (FB), a Bench of three Judges held that the jurisdiction of a civil court is excluded by S. 21, Madras Hereditary Village Offices Act in cases in which the plaintiff sues for recovery of the land as emoluments of his office, and the defendant resists the claim on the ground that the land is not the emolument of the office. At page 129, Sir Arnold White C. J. defines the scope of S. 21 as follows: