The registration authority may refuse registration of documents that are suspicious or fraudulent, aligning with public policy and legal integrity.

JUDGMENT :

ANITA SUMANTH, J.

1. The Writ Petitioners are in appeal against the dismissal of the Writ Petitions filed by them by order dated 07.02.2020, wherein they had challenged the order dated 01.12.2015 passed by the District Registrar (Admin IC) (in short, R2) seeking a consequential direction to R1 to R3, being the Inspector General of Registration, District Registrar (Admin IC) and Joint Sub-Registrar II to register documents bearing Nos. P127 and P128 of 2013 (in short, sale deeds in question) that had been kept pending registration.

2. The parties are referred to by their array in these appeals, which remains the same as in the Writ Petitions. One T.Subramaniam was running two spinning mills in Tiruppur. His wife Nallammal/R4 and son Madhiyazhagan/R5 were initially Directors in the company that was running the spinning mill. His son fell out with the father and stepped out of Directorship on 03.04.2002.

3. Suffice it to say that the relationship was not cordial between the father and son. R5 would allege that his father had been alienating properties belonging to the company and engaging in transactions that were contrary to law. The company in which the family members had been Directors, by name M/s. Nallam Maniam Textile (P) Limited (in short, company), had availed financial facilities from Catholic Syrian Bank Limited, Coimbatore (in short, Bank).

4. The Directors had offered personal properties as collateral, to secure the loans. Since the documents which the appellants seek registration of, relate to the same property in respect of which title deeds were deposited with the DRT, the Schedule becomes a necessary detail, and has been recorded in this order as follows:

Tamil Nadu, Tirupur District, Tirupur Registration District, Tirupur-II Joint Sub Registrar (Previously) Palladam Taluk, Now Tirupur Taluk. All that piece and parcel of immovable property being property S.F.No.459 extent P.A.:2 Acres 55 cents along with common area and facilities attributable thereto which area includes right of Pathway and other Easement Right in 15, Velampalayam village, Electric Service 179-00-49 esiding S.C. No.601, Tariff No:4, Sanction Load 7.5 HP dated 07.03.2003, Two Bore wells.

Tamil Nadu, Tirupur District, Tirupur Registration District, Tirupur-II Joint Sub Registrar (Previously) Palladam Taluk, Now Tirupur Taluk. All that piece and parcel of immovable property situated at 15, Vellampalayam Village, E.B. Colony, Samundipuram S.F.No.461/6 extent P.A.:-0.09 ½ cents along with common areas and facilities attributable thereto which area includes right of Pathway and other Easement Right in 15, Velampalayam village

(in short, property/property in question)

5. There were defaults leading to action being taken by the Bank under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (in short, Sarfaesi Act) to recover the outstandings. Original Applications were filed before the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and the title deeds of the property that had been offered as collateral, had been deposited with the DRT.

6. T.Subramaniam passed away on 01.