V.Duraisamy v. Tamilnadu Urban Habitat Development Board
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Keywords: rectification deed; block number / town survey number (T.S.No.) correction; Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUDB), formerly Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board; patta name transfer; Tahsildar; Sub Registrar Ashok Nagar; Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus; Article 226. Parties: V. Duraisamy (petitioner) v. TNUDB (R1), Assistant Secretary (Plots) TNUDB (R2), Sub Registrar Ashok Nagar (R3). Property: Plot No.1565, 122.0 sq.mts., Door No.21, Periyar Street, MGR Nagar Scheme, Kodambakkam Village, Mambalam Taluk, Chennai-600 078. Timeline: Board sale to allottee late Annamalai (died intestate 26.12.2013); Board rectification deed 27.11.2018 (Doc No.3148/2018); petitioner's purchase 11.03.2019 (Doc No.803/2019, SRO Ashok Nagar); patta application 11.07.2022; Tahsildar letter 18.10.2022 (Block No.114/T.S.No.150 wrongly stated; correct Block No.108/T.S.No.120); representation 15.12.2022; earlier W.P. No.7155 of 2023 with Court's direction of 09.03.2023; impugned Board order 09.05.2023 (na.ka.No.E6/2775/2023). Outcome: petition disposed of on 04.11.2025 with liberty to petitioner to seek rectification deed from vendor/work out remedy in manner known to law.