(1.) THESE appeals raise a common question That question relates to the extent of the property that attracts estate duty-on the death of a Sthanamdar.
(2.) THE contention of the Department is that estate duty is payable on the entire property of the Sthanam concerned. That contention has been accepted in the judgment under appeal in Writ Appeal No. 276 of 1965. It has been rejected in the judgments under appeal in Writ Appeals Nos. 119, 174, 179 and S38 of 1965.
(3.) SECTION 5 of the Estate Duty Act, 1953, is the charging section of that Act. It reads as follows:--