(I) A proprietor may apply to the Government to have his property placed under the superinten dence of the court, and the Go\·ernment may, on being satisfied that it is expedient in the public interest that such property should be managed by the court, and that the said property is of such valul' that its economic management by the court is practicable, make a declaration to that effect and order the court to assume the supenntendence of such property.
(2) In the case of any undivirled Hindu famtly, Marumakkatha yam tarwad, Aliyasantana famtly or Nambudiri family, an application siyned by a majority of the coparceners or a majority of the members •I \ I l I I I I I I I l 119 of such tarwad or family, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of sub-section ( 1), be deemed to Le an application by a proprietor in respect of the whole of the p10perty of the lamily or tarwad.
Expianatzon.-Nothing in tlus section shall be dermed to prevent any coparcener or member of such tarwad or family not signing such application from obtaining partition ol his share, whether by suit or otherwise.