1. The petitioner has come up with the above writ petition, challenging an order passed by the second respondent viz., the District Registrar, directing the compulsory registration of a Sale Deed dated 21.6.2010 claimed to have been executed by the petitioner in favour of the third respondent herein.

2. I have heard Mr.P.Vasanthakumar Visveswaran, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.M.C.Swamy, learned Special Government Pleader for respondents 1 and 2 and Mr.N.R.Chandran, learned Senior Counsel for the third respondent.

3. The facts, on which there are no disputes, are as follows:-

(i) The third respondent herein presented for registration before the District Registrar (second respondent), a document titled as a Sale Deed, stated to have been executed by the petitioner on 21.6.2010, conveying a house, land and premises bearing old Plot No.29-A, new Door No.11, Venugopal Avenue, Spur Tank Road, Chetpet, Chennai-31.

(ii) Since the petitioner who was alleged to have executed the Sale Deed, did not appear before the second respondent, the third respondent appears to have filed an application for compulsory registration of the document. Therefore, the second respondent i