The court quashed a refusal check slip issued by the Sub Registrar under Section 22A of the Registration Act, directing the officer to re-examine the document in light of a contemporaneous order in a related writ petition.
Impugned refusal check slip quashed; liberty given to re-present the document for registration.
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W.P(MD)No.28786 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
Reserved on : 28.11.2025
Pronounced on : 17.04.2026
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN
W.P(MD)No.28786 of 2025 and W.M.P(MD)No.22378 of 2025
K.Selvaraj
... Petitioner
Vs
2.Purushothaman ... Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the impugned refusal check slip under Refusal No. RFL/Boothapandy/62/2025 passed by the 1st respondent dated 08.09.2025 and to quash the same as illegal and further to direct the 1st respondent to register the sale deed dated 08.09.2025 executed by the petitioner relating to the property situated under New S.No.426/6 measuring to an extent of 3.590 cents towards the center side and land situated under same New S.No.426/6 measuring to an extent of 06 cents situated at Azhagiya Pandiyapuram Village, Thovalai Taluk, Kanyakumari District.
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For Petitioner : Mr.B.Micheal Sebastin
For Respondents : Mr.Veera.Kathiravan
Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.G.V.Vairam Santhosh Additional Government Pleader for R.1
ORDER
The registering officer has issued the impugned refusal check slip on
the grounds set out therein. Section 22A of the Registration Act, 1908 has
been invoked. The scope and contours of the said provision have been delineated at length vide order dated 17.04.2026 in WP(MD)No.29522 of 2025.
2.In view of the same, the order impugned in this writ petition is quashed. The parties are at liberty to re-present the document in question. Upon such re-presentation, the registering officer shall take a decision in the light of the law laid down by this Court vide order dated 17.04.2025 in WP(MD)No.29522 of 2025.
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3.With the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner and direction to the
registering officer, this writ petition is disposed of. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
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Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No MGA
To
The Sub Registrar, Boothapandy, Kanyakumari.
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G.R.SWAMINATHAN, J.
MGA
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the refusal check slip issued by the registering officer to refuse registration of the sale deed was illegal?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
K.Selvaraj
The Sub Registrar, Boothapandy, Kanyakumari
Purushothaman
G.R.Swaminathan
As recorded by the court registry
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