Thulasiyammal v. the Sub Registrar
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, W.P.No. 29959 of 2025 (connected W.M.P.Nos. 33589 of 2025), decided 11.12.2025, Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy J. Writ petition under Article 226 by Thulasiyammal against the Sub-Registrar, Periyanayakan palayam, Coimbatore, challenging refusal check slip No.RFL/PERIYANAYAKKAN PALAYAM/55/2025 dated 04.07.2025 rejecting registration of a cancellation deed dated 30.06.2025 relating to a settlement deed dated 26.02.2008 (Document No.2811 of 2008, 3.23 acres) executed by her late husband Rangasamy. Keywords: settlement deed effective from date of execution; vesting of settled property in beneficiary; cancellation deed joined by other legal heirs; dealing with settled property; settlement deed in favour of legal heirs; family arrangement recorded in writing; refusal to register; disposed of with liberty, no costs.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was disposed of without quashing the refusal check slip; the petitioner was left free to execute an appropriate instrument and present it for registration, or, in the alternative, the family members may effect a family arrangement and record it in writing; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed.