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M/S. Arc Developers v. the Sub Registrar

Madras HC2 Dec 2025WP/46889/2025

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What is this about?

Madras High Court; WP No. 46889 of 2025; Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy J.; decision dated 02-12-2025; M/s. ARC Developers v. The Sub Registrar, Office of Adyar Sub Registrar; joint development agreement dated 25.01.2021; payment of Rs.3,04,43,566/- to land owners; cancellation of powers of attorney; cancellation deeds dated 25.09.2025 (Doc. Nos. 3448 & 3449/2025); objection petition dated 25.10.2025 revised 27.10.2025; encumbrance; Sub Registrar; writ of mandamus; Article 226; remedy before civil Court or Arbitral Tribunal; writ petition disposed of, no costs.

What did the court decide?

No mandamus issued; writ petition disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to resort to remedies before the jurisdictional civil Court or the Arbitral Tribunal; no order as to costs. ¶30

M/S. Arc Developers Vs the Sub Registrar — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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WP No. 46889 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 02-12-2025

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY

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WP No. 46889 of 2025

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M/s. ARC Developers, Rep. by its Partner Mr. N.D.S. Akbar Ali, No. 78, Greams Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai 600 006.

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..Petitioner

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The Sub Registrar, Office of Adyar Sub Registrar, TNHB Complex, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 41.

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..Respondents

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Prayer : Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondent to refrain from entertaining any encumbrance related to the subject property based on the petitioner’s objection petition dated 25.10.2025 and revised by the respondent on 27.10.2025.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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WP No. 46889 of 2025

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For Petitioner: Mr. J.Hariharan for M/s. Kv Law Firm For Respondents: Mr.U.Baranidharan, SGP

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ORDER

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The petitioner is a developer. The petitioner entered into a joint development agreement dated 25.01.2021 with the land owners to develop the property owned by such land owners. According to the petitioner, a sum of about Rs.3,04,43,566/- was paid to the land owners. Subsequently, in view of a dispute arising between the petitioner and the land owners, it is stated that the powers of attorney executed in favour of the petitioner were cancelled in September 2025. According to the petitioner, the land owners may endeavour to convey the property to third parties. After submitting an objection petition in

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such regard, the present writ petition has been filed.

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Mr.U.Baranidharan, learned Special Government Pleader, accepts

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notice for the sole respondent. He submits that the petitioner has to work out his

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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WP No. 46889 of 2025

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remedies by approaching the jurisdictional District Court or the Arbitral Tribunal as per the contracts executed between the petitioner and the land owners.

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On perusal of the affidavit, it is clear that the land owners have cancelled registered powers of attorney in favour of the petitioner, under cancellation deeds dated 25.09.2025, which were registered as document nos.3448 & 3449/2025. In view thereof, the petitioner’s recourse would be to seek remedies before the jurisdictional civil Court or before the Arbitral Tribunal, if the joint development agreement dated 25.01.2021 and other contract documents between the petitioner and the land owners contain an arbitration clause. By leaving it open to the petitioner to resort to such remedies,

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WP No. 46889 of 2025

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this writ petition is disposed of. There will be no order as to costs.

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02-12-2025

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