Jone Rajarooban v. The Dindigul Joint Sub Registrar No.I
Registration – Settlement deed – Check Slip refusing registration
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus under Article 226; refusal to register settlement deed dated 14.02.2025; impugned Check Slip dated 08.04.2025 (Refusal No. RFL/1 No. Joint Sub Registrar, Dindigul/10/2025); registering authority cannot question genuineness of Will; impermissible in law; quashed; direction to register within four weeks; production of original Will at registration; Dindigul Joint Sub Registrar No.I; Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; Justice S. Srimathy; writ allowed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Check Slip dated 08.04.2025 quashed; respondent directed to register the settlement deed dated 14.02.2025 within four weeks, with the petitioner to produce the original Will at the time of registration; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed. ¶19