JUDGMENT

Ext.P19 Order passed by the 3^rd respondent/R.D.O is under challenge in this Writ Petition. As per Ext.P19, it has been found that the appellants therein could not establish that 'Gondan Narayana Prabhu' and 'S.N. Govinda Prabhu' is one and the same person; that there exists a dispute with respect to the title of the property and hence, the transfer of registry proceedings can be initiated only after establishing the title, in accordance with law.

2. Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners; learned counsel for respondents 8, 10, 12 and 13; and learned Senior Government Pleader on behalf of the official respondents. 3. Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the respective parties, this Court endorse that there exists a dispute with respect to the property, which is the subject matter of Ext.R12(1) suit. Both parties are relying on several documents in support of their title. On the one hand, the petitioners would contend that the patta was issued in the name of Govinda Prabhu, who is also known as Gondan Narayana Prabhu and he was in enjoyment of the property from that point of time onwards, paying tax and collecting rents etc. On the other, respondents