IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
T. RAJA, T.V. THAMILSELVI, JJ.
S.P. Velayutham & Another – Appellants
Versus
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited rep.by its Manager Nirav Parek, Mumbai & Others – Respondents
W.A.Nos. 59 & 60 of 2016
Decided on : 28-09-2021
Constitution of India,1950 - Article 226 - Specific Relief Act - Section 34 - Property - Seeking cancellation of sale deed - Respondents 4 & 5 herein had already conveyed property in favour of sixth respondent herein through appellant as their power of attorney agent and sixth respondent herein had valid right, title and interest to property, if there is any dispute with regard to title, writ petitioner should have approached competent civil Court - When predecessors-in-title had exercised right of ownership over the property under Patta No.7 and executed a registered mortgage deed dated vide Document No. thereafter said executed a registered sale deed dated - As a matter of fact, had been exercising the right of ownership over property and paying urban land tax and patta was also issued in his favour and subsequently, respondents 4 & 5 herein had executed a power of attorney dated in favour of appellant and also an unregistered power of attorney on, based on which appellant executed a sale deed dated bearing Document No. in favour of sixth respondent - Whether registered sale deed on ground of fraudulent execution can be cancelled by the writ Court exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution of India – Held, when there was an order passed by Sub Divisional Magistrate and Revenue Divisional Officer, directing parties to approach civil Court, that was also confirmed by Court in two separate proceedings - Even a mere perusal of Volume-3 of the paperbook filed by appellant in W.A.No. shows that Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited, first respondent herein has only chosen to file impleading petitions in pending civil suits in O.S.N filed by M/s Infovision Private Limited and others etc - Since orders passed by this Court and Hon'ble Apex Court giving liberty to the first respondent to file a civil suit for redressal of its grievance have not been complied with and contrary thereto, has chosen to pursue a wrong remedy through writ proceedings under Article 226 and thereby wrongfully wasted precious time of this Court, while setting aside order passed in the writ petition, Court are inclined to impose costs on first respondent - Writ appeals are allowed
JUDGMENT :
T. Raja, J. & T.V. Thamilselvi, J.
(Prayer: Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 04.01.2016 made in W.P.No.33462 of 2014.)
These writ appeals have been filed by the appellants, the respondents 5 & 6 in the writ petition, challenging the impugned order dated 4.1.2016 passed by the learned single Judge in Writ Petition No.33462 of 2014, allowing the writ petition as prayed for, resultantly, quashing the sale deed registered on 5.7.2007 by the Sub Registrar, Alandur and further directing him to remove the revenue entries made therein.
2. Mr.V.Raghavachari, learned counsel appearing for the appellant in Writ Appeal No.59 of 2016, assailing the impugned order, heavily argued that the writ petition filed by Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited represented by its Manager seeking cancellation of the sale deed dated 5.7.2007 bearing Document No.2179 of 2007 registered in the office of the Sub Registrar, Alandur, Chennai in the name of the appellant in Writ Appeal No.60 of 2016, is not legally maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inasmuch as the writ petitioner cannot seek to establish any right before the writ Court under Article 226 on the basis of the alleged assignment of debt/loan, because when the right, title and interest of the writ petitioner to claim or enforce the debt itself is in dispute, the proper legal course would be to file a civil suit to establish its rights, claim, interest or status as contemplated under Section 34 of the Specific Relief Act seeking declaratory and other consequential reliefs, as already three forums have repeatedly reiterated that the writ petitioner should approach only the competent civil Court. When the respondents 4 & 5 herein had already conveyed the property in favour of the sixth respondent herein through the appellant as their power of attorney agent and the sixth respondent herein had valid right, title and interest to the property, if there is any dispute with regard to the title, the writ petitioner should have approached the competent civil Court. When the predecessors-in-title Loganatha Reddiyar had exercised the right of ownership over the property under Patta No.7 and executed a registered mortgage deed dated 20.9.1929 vide Document No.1631 of 1929 in favour of Sriramulu Reddiyar, thereafter the said Loganatha Reddiyar executed a registered sale deed dated 22.12.1937 bearing Document No.2061 of 1937 in favour of Sriramulu Reddiyar, who is the father of the fourth respondent herein and subsequently in the year 1943, the said Sriramulu Reddiyar settled the property in favour of Lalithakumari alias Lalitha Manohari and K.S.Deenadayalu Reddy, which was subsequently revoked by him in the year 1949, however, after the demise of Sriramulu Reddiyar, the property devolved upon his son and grandson, the respondents 4 & 5 herein. As a matter of fact, K.S.Deenadayalu Reddy had been exercising the right of ownership over the property and paying the urban land tax and patta was also issued in his favour and subsequently, the respondents 4 & 5 herein had executed a power of attorney dated 23.8.2006 in favour of the appellant Mr.S.P.Velayutham and also an unregistered power of attorney on 7.6.2007, based on which the appellant executed a sale deed dated 5.7.2007 bearing Document No.2179 of 2007 in favour of the sixth respondent. The revenue authorities also have recognised the right, title and interest over the property and the possession thereof and mutation of the names also have been recorded and effected in the revenue records in favour of the sixth respondent and based on the title deeds and the revenue records, the sixth respondent has been in uninterrupted possession and enjoyment of the property. While so, the writ petitioner till date has not questioned or challenged the title or ownership of the property in question before the competent civil Court by filing a civil suit. Mr.V.Raghavachari also contended that wh
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