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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
N.ANAND VENKATESH
Karuppan – Appellant
Versus
District Magistrate-cum-District Collector, Appellate Tribunal under the Maintenance of Parents & Senior Citizens Act – Respondent
ORDER :
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.
In this writ petition, the petitioner assails the proceedings of the second respondent dated 15.2.2019 cancelling the settlement deed dated 06.2.1997 executed in his favour by his father in exercise of power and jurisdiction conferred under Section 23 (1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (for short, the Act) and for a direction to the third respondent to delete the entry pertaining to the cancellation of the said settlement deed.
2. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for respondents 1 and 2.
3. The case of the petitioner is as follows :
(i) The father of the petitioner executed a settlement deed dated 06.2.1997 in his favour in respect of certain properties containing various survey numbers in Mattiyakurichi Village, Kallakurichi District and it was registered as doc.No.48 of 1997 on the file of the Joint-1 Sub-Registrar, Kallakurichi. At a later point of time, the father of the petitioner passed away and thereafter, the mother of the petitioner approached the second respondent in terms of the Act seeking cancellation of the said settl
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