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A.Pandithurai v. The District Registrar

Madras HC1 Sept 2025WP(MD)/21866/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; W.P(MD)No.21866 of 2025; G.R.Swaminathan J.; 01.09.2025; A.Pandithurai v. District Registrar, Madurai & Sub Registrar, Usilampatti; Article 226 writ of mandamus; registration of deeds; Survey No.202/10 Usilampatti; representation dated 17.07.2025; refusal check slip with reasons; statutory and procedural formalities; disposed of, no costs; merits not examined.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the second respondent: petitioner permitted to present the document, and a refusal check slip with reasons to be issued if the document is not entertained; petitioner to comply with statutory/procedural formalities; no costs awarded. ¶20

A.Pandithurai Vs The District Registrar — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the second respondent (Sub Registrar, Usilampatti) should be directed to register the deeds in respect of the remaining plots comprised in Survey No.202/10, Usilampatti Town/Taluk, Madurai District, by considering the petitioner's representation dated 17.07.2025.

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Court's answer

The petitioner is permitted to present the document before the second respondent; if the second respondent is not inclined to entertain the document, he must necessarily issue a refusal check slip containing reasons.

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Ratio / Principle

The writ petitioner must fulfil all statutory and other procedural formalities as a condition of the direction.

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Key takeaways

The Court expressly declined to examine the merits of the matter; no view was expressed on the petitioner's substantive entitlement to registration.obiter¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by A.Pandithurai (W.P(MD)No.21866 of 2025, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 01.09.2025 by G.R.Swaminathan, J.), seeking a direction to the Sub Registrar, Usilampatti, to register the deeds in respect of the remaining plots comprised in Survey No.202/10, Usilampatti Taluk, Madurai District, by considering the petitioner's representation dated 17.07.2025. The Court, without examining the merits, permitted the petitioner to present the original document before the second respondent, directed that if the Sub Registrar is not inclined to entertain the document he must necessarily issue a refusal check slip containing reasons, and required the petitioner to fulfil all statutory and procedural formalities. The writ petition was disposed of with these directions; no costs were awarded. No precedent was cited and no substantive question on entitlement to registration was decided.

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W.P(MD)No.21866 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 01.09.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN

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W.P(MD)No.21866 of 2025

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A.Pandithurai ... Petitioner

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Vs.

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1.The District Registrar, Madurai District, Madurai.

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2.The Sub Registrar, Usilampatti The Sub Registrar Office, Usilampatti, Madurai District. ... Respondents

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Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the 2nd respondent to register the deeds in respect of the remaining plots comprised in Survey No.202/10 situated at Usilampatti Town, Usilampatti Taluk, Madurai District by considering the petitioner's representation dated 17.07.2025 within the stipulated time fixed by this Court.

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For Petitioner : Mr.A.Rajaram

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For Respondents : Mr.G.V.Vairam Santhosh, Addl. Government Pleader.

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ORDER

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Heard both sides.

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2.The petitioner has filed this writ petition on the strength of representation dated 17.07.2025. The original document is very much with him. The petitioner is permitted to present the document before the second respondent. If the second respondent is not inclined to entertain the document, he has to necessarily issue a refusal check slip containing reasons. The writ petitioner should of course fulfil all the statutory and other procedural formalities. I have not gone into the merits of the matter.

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3.With the aforesaid direction to the second respondent, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs.

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