Murugavalli v. The District Registrar
Registration Act, 1908 – Section 22-A – Refusal Check Slip
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W.P.(MD)No.4695 of 2026, Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), decided 23.06.2026 by D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J. Petitioner Murugavalli, through S.Mariselvam, challenged the Refusal Check Slip RFL/Ottapidaram/63/2025 dated 05.12.2025 issued by the Sub Registrar, Ottapidaram (second respondent; respondents represented by Standing Counsel P. Sudarkodi Nachiar), refusing registration of a sale deed dated 05.12.2025 (with one Shanmugalakshmi) over Survey No. 20/1A, 1.75 cents, Sinthalakattai Village, Ottapidaram Taluk, Thoothukudi District, under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 on the ground of conveyance as a residential plot without planning approval. Petition allowed following Sankarakumar & another vs. The Sub-Registrar, Panpozhi (W.P.(MD)No.29522 of 2025, dated 17.04.2026): registration directed subject to notarised undertaking affidavits in four sets (Court, local body, TANGEDCO), contempt liability for breach, conditional dismissal on default in filing within four weeks. Keywords: Section 22-A Registration Act; refusal check slip; residential plot; change of land use; planning authority; Article 300-A; Article 226; TANGEDCO; certiorarified mandamus; no costs.