Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (W.P(MD)No.20069 of 2025) under Article 226 before the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court challenging a refusal check slip (RFL/Tirumangalam/10/2025 dated 10/07/2025) issued by the Sub Registrar, Tirumangalam declining registration of a sale deed for want of the legal heir certificate of deceased co-owner Periyasamy. The Court held the mother's legal heir certificate, recording Periyasamy's predecease and petitioners 1 and 2 as sole legal heirs, ought to have been accepted; the refusal was total non-application of mind. Slip quashed; registration directed within four weeks. Keywords: legal heir certificate, refusal check slip, certiorarified mandamus, non-application of mind, registration of sale deed.
What did the court decide?
Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus granted: the impugned refusal check slip in RFL/Tirumangalam/10/2025 dated 10/07/2025 is quashed and the 2nd respondent is directed to register the petitioners' document within four weeks; no order as to costs.