ORDER :

1. This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned refusal check slip dated 20.11.2024 passed by the second respondent, thereby refused to register the settlement deed on the ground that the petitioner failed to produce the original parent document in respect of the subject property.

2. By consent of both parties, this writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission itself. Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the materials placed before this Court.

3. The petitioner presented the settlement deed for registration before the second respondent. However, the second respondent refused to register the same on the ground that the petitioner failed to produce the parent deed in respect of the subject property.

4. The learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submitted that the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.271 of 2024 dated 25.03.2024 held that the first proviso to Rule 55 A of the TAMIL NADU REGISTRATION RULES , 2000 is not at all declared as ultravires by this Court. The provisos to Rule 55 A are intact in Rule Books and therefore, it is to be complied scrupulously, whenever documents are pre