JUDGMENT :

R. Subramanian, J.

This writ appeal is directed against the order of the Writ Court, which came to be passed under the following circumstances :

(i) One Shanmugam Ambalam had purchased certain immovable properties under a registered sale deed dated 27.01.2003. Consequent upon the said purchase, the revenue records were also mutated in his name and a patta was issued to him in Patta No. 467 for an extent of 0.60.00 Hectares in Survey No. 53/2 and 0.26.00 Hectares in Survey No.54/2B.

(ii) The said Shanmugam Ambalam died on 27.05.2008, leaving behind four daughters and three sons.

(iii) One of the sons of Shanmugam Ambalam, namely, Chelladurai predeceased him after having been married.

(iv) Two of the daughters of Shanmugam Ambalam along with their legal heirs had executed a sale deed in respect of their 2/8th undivided share in favour of the appellants on 15.11.2022.

(v) When the said document was presented for registration, the jurisdictional Sub-Registrar refused registration, on the ground that the original deed of sale in favour of Shanmugam Ambalam has not been produced.

(vi) The said order was challenged by the appellants in the writ petition and in the supporting affidavit,