JUDGMENT

(Prayer in W.P.(MD) No.4944 of 2016: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the second respondent pertaining to Tha.Pa.44/2015 U(2) dated 02.11.2015 confirming the order of the first respondent pertaining to Tha.Pa.140/2011 A-5, dated 17.08.2014 transferring patta in favour of respondents 3 and 4 in respect of the punja land comprised in survey No.111/15 and 92/13 admeasuring 0-5.50 and 0.09.0 ares situated in Chozhapuram, Thanjavur District and to quash the same as unlawful and arbitrary.)

Common Order:

1. This batch of writ petitions arises out of a common order dated 02.11.2015 of the second respondent confirming the order dated 17.08.2014 of the first respondent.

2. The respective petitioner asserts that the respective land parcel originally belonged to one Govinda Konar. After his death, his son, Krishna Konar, and brother, Muthusamy Konar, conveyed the properties to and in favour of the respective petitioner''s predecessor-in-title under registered sale deeds. Each writ petitioner asserts title on the basis of a specific registered sale deed executed and registered