Jain Family Trust v. the State of Tamilnadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, W.P.No.6580 of 2025, Jain Family Trust (Trustee Kamlesh Jain) v. State of Tamil Nadu, Department of Commercial Taxes and Registration; single bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh; order dated 20.03.2025. Challenge to G.O.Ms.No.69 dated 07.07.2023 concerning differential registration fees on sale certificates: 2% for Civil Court/revenue authority sale certificates versus 4% for sale certificates issued by bank authorised officers, official liquidator and similar authorities; grounds of arbitrariness and conflict with earlier Madras HC judgments following the Apex Court. IG of Registration proposal for uniform 2% fee pending before Government; parallel Division Bench challenge pending with notice ordered; writ petition posted to 28.04.2025; no final determination, no statute sections or named precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted; the Court decided to await the Government's decision on the IG of Registration's proposal and posted the writ petition at the end of the motion list on 28.04.2025.