The High Court dismissed an appeal against a writ order refusing registration of a release deed due to missing originals. It upheld the refusal but directed police to entertain the loss complaint requiring CCTV footage.
Direction to the jurisdictional Police Station to entertain the complaint for tracing the lost document.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
W.A.No.1637 of 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 28.09.2022
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.T.RAJA, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR
Writ Appeal No.1637 of 2022
Ramji Ratnam .. Appellant
Vs.
The Sub Registrar T.Nagar Chennai.
.. Respondent
Prayer: Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent filed against the
order dated 10.02.2022 made in W.P.No.2471 of 2022.
For the Appellant
: Mr.Anil Relwani
For the Respondent : Mr.P.Muthukumar State Government Pleader
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JUDGMENT
(Delivered by the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice)
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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Rule 55A, which reads as under:
"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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will be no order as to costs. Consequently, CMP No.11079 of 2022 is also dismissed.
(T.R., ACJ.) (D.K.K., J.) 28.09.2022
kpl
To
The Sub Registrar T.Nagar Chennai.
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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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3 issues framed by the court
Whether the non-production of the original release deed bars the registering officer from entertaining the complaint regarding its loss.
Whether the jurisdictional Police Station must entertain the complaint for tracing the lost document.
Whether a direction to the police station to entertain the complaint constitutes valid assistance for the appellant.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Ramji Ratnam
The Sub Registrar T.Nagar Chennai
R RAJA
D KRISHNAKUMAR
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
