ORDER :

N. Anand Venkatesh, J.

1. On consent given by either side, the main writ petitions are taken up for final hearing.

2. The issue involved in all these writ petitions are common and therefore they are taken up together and this common order is passed.

3. The petitioners are challenging the registration of the Settlement Deed dt. 15.04.2015, registered as Document No. 2637 and Document No. 2638 of 2015, on the file of the 3rd respondent and for a consequential direction to the 3rd respondent to remove the entry from their records.

4. The case of the petitioners is that the subject property is an Inam Land measuring an extent of 3.11 acres purchased by one late Mr. ASL Rajan, who is the father of the 1st petitioner in W.P. No. 18730 of 2020 and grandfather of the petitioners in W.P. Nos. 18721 and 18725 of 2020. It is seen from records that one Mr. Dharmalinga Naicker filed a Suit against the said ASL. Rajan in O.S. No. 779 of 1979, seeking for the relief of Declaration of Title with respect to the subject property and the said Suit was dismissed after contest by judgment and decree dt. 28.04.1988. Thereafter, the father of the 4th respondent filed another Suit against the said late