( I) Whe1e a Thiruppuholder who3e light to teceive payment of Thiruppuvaram has been extingUI~hed is, at tht> commencement of thi~ Act, a religiou~ or charitable institution ol a public nature establi~hed and maintained by a religiom denommation or any section thereof, the Government shall, by way of compensation, p 'Y to the institution every year an amount equal to the Tluruppuvaram payable annually to the institution after. deductmg five percentum thereof by way of collectiOn charges :
Provided that no such deduction shall be made in case~ where the liability to ply Thiruppuvaram wa~ on the Government.
(2) I I any question ames as to whethet an mstitution is a reli gious or charttabiG mstitut1on of a public nature establ1~hed and maintamed by a rehgi0U'> denominati·Jil or any sectiOn thereof, It shall be decided by such authority as may be prescribed.
(3) Any per~on aggneved by a decision of the prescribed authc I i ty under sub-~eetwn (2) may, \'v ithin th11 ty days from the date of the decision, prefer an appeal to the DI3trict Collector, and the Di,tnc Collector ~hall, alter givmg the appellant and the mstJtUtiOn where It~~ not the appell.mt, a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after making such further enquiry as may be pre,cnbed, pass ~uch order on the apreal as he thmks fit.
(l) The payment referred to 111 sub-section (I) shall be made to the m~t1tut1on so long a<, It exi~ts.