O. Chinnappa Reddy, J. as he then was, sitting singly, after discussing the case law on the question, by a common Judgment in nine writ petitions, observing that it was common ground before the Subordinate Tribunal as well as before him that the nature of the lands at the inception, whether ryoti or private, was not known and that the burden of establishing that the lands were private lands was on the landholders; and that it was also common ground before him that apart from the fact that there were occasional changes of tenants, and that the lands were sometimes leased under short term leases, there were no other circumstances indicating that the landholders intended to resume cultivation of the lands, held that after the pronouncement of this Court in Chidambaraam Chettiar vs Santhanaramaswamy Odayar; , , the decision of the Full Bench of the Madras High Court in Periannan vs Amman Kovil, (supra) could no longer be considered good law and that the decision in Jagdeesarn Pillai vs Kupparnreal, ILR and in Perish Priest of Karayar vs Thiaga raja Swami Devasthanam, App.