ORDER

This Writ Petition seeks for a Writ of Mandamus directing LIC Housing Finance Limited to return the documents that were submitted by the writ petitioner in relation to the Housing Loan in Loan Account No. 21240027027, and for a consequential order.

2. The writ petitioner had married the second respondent on 16.06.1995. The writ petitioner is a Christian and the second respondent is a Hindu. The marriage was neither registered under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, nor under the Christian Marriage Act, 1872. The writ petitioner and the second respondent started living as husband and wife, believing their marriage to be valid. From the wedlock, two children were born to the couple. One is a daughter and the other is a son. Both have attained the age of majority. On account of disputes and differences, the parties separated.

3. The writ petitioner presented a suit in O.S.No.71 of 2006 before the Subordinate Court at Devakottai for declaration and for recovery of possession from the second respondent. The said suit was decreed as prayed for on 28.02.2008. On an appeal in A.S.No.22 of 2008 filed by the second respondent before the District Court at Sivagangai, one of the issues framed