Dismissed

Merton Farms Private Ltd. v. Inspector General of Police

Madras HC4 Aug 2022CRL OP/1158/2022

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What is this about?

Writ Appeal against an order refusing registration of a release deed due to missing original. Court noted a new rule requiring such documents for registration, dismissed the appeal, but directed the Police Station to entertain the appellant's complaint regarding lost property.

What did the court decide?

Writ Appeal dismissed; direction to jurisdictional Police Station to entertain the appellant's complaint regarding the loss of the document.

Merton Farms Private Ltd. Vs Inspector General of Police — Property and Title | Madras HC (2022)

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W.A.No.1637 of 2022

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 28.09.2022

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MR.T.RAJA, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE

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AND

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THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR

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Writ Appeal No.1637 of 2022

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Ramji Ratnam .. Appellant

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Vs.

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The Sub Registrar T.Nagar Chennai.

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.. Respondent

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Prayer: Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent filed against the

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order dated 10.02.2022 made in W.P.No.2471 of 2022.

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For the Appellant

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: Mr.Anil Relwani

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For the Respondent : Mr.P.Muthukumar State Government Pleader

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W.A.No.1637 of 2022

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JUDGMENT

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(Delivered by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice)

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The writ appeal has been directed against the order dated 10.02.2022 made in W.P.No.2471 of 2022, wherein the learned Single Judge set aside the order of the respondent refusing to register the release deed for the sole reason that the original document has not been produced.

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Learned counsel appearing for the appellant submitted that the original owner died while staying in an Old Age Home and therefore, the original document could not be traced. He further submitted that even if the direction issued by the learned Single Judge to file a complaint before the jurisdictional Police Station for tracing the parent document is complied with, no purpose would be served, as, the release deed has to be registered without the original document.

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We are unable to accept the said argument in the light of the recent notification issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.129, Commercial Taxes and Registration (J2) dated 05.0.2022, inserting

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W.A.No.1637 of 2022

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Rule 55A, which reads as under:

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"55A. (i) The registering officer before whom a document relating to immovable property is presented for registration, shall not register the same, unless the presentant produces the previous original deed by which the executant acquired right over the subject property and an Encumbrance Certificate pertaining to the property obtained within ten days from the date of presentation:

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... "

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In view of the above Rule, we do not find any reason to cause interference with the order of the learned Single Judge.

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At this juncture, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that when the appellant approached the jurisdictional Police Station to lodge a complaint, as observed by the learned Single Judge, they have not entertained the complaint, but insisted the appellant to produce CCTV footage of the place where the document was lost. Hence, the jurisdictional Police Station is directed to entertain the complaint, if any, lodged by the appellant.

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W.A.No.1637 of 2022

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The writ appeal is dismissed with the above direction. There

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will be no order as to costs. Consequently, CMP No.11079 of 2022 is also dismissed.

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(T.R., ACJ.) (D.K.K., J.) 28.09.2022

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kpl

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The Sub Registrar T.Nagar Chennai.

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W.A.No.1637 of 2022

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T.RAJA, ACJ, and D.KRISHNAKUMAR,J

(kpl)

W.A.No.1637 of 2022

28.09.2022

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Merton Farms Private Ltd. v. Inspector General of Police

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