BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 14.02.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN W.A(MD)No.926 of 2019 and C.M.P.(MD)Nos.8318 and 8630 of 2019 and Suo Motu Cont.P.(MD)No.1020 of 2020 W.A.(MD)No.926 of 2019

1. S.C.Pandian (died)

2. P.Ganesan

3. P.J.Maheshraja

4. Jayamani

5. Selva Jothi

6. Selvashantha 7. Selvajayanthi

8. Geetha (Appellants 4 to 8 are brought on record as LRs of the deceased 1^st appellant vide order dated 02.09.2024 made in C.M.P.(MD)No.11934 of 2024 in W.A.(MD)No.926 of 2019) ... Appellants versus

1. The Inspector General of Registration, Santhome High Road, Santhome, Chennai – 600 004.

2. The District Registrar (Admin), Tenkasi, Tirunelveli District.

(cause title amended vide order dated 16.04.2019 made in C.M.P.(MD)No.

9434 of 2019 in W.A.(MD)No.926 of 2019)

3. The Sub Registrar, S.H.40, Thenkasi Road, Alangulam, Tirunelveli District – 627 851.

4. K.H.Kalil Ahmed

5. Mohammed Musafar Ahmed

6. P.Abraham

7. The Sub Registrar, Mukkoodal, Tirunelveli District.

8. Pon Ravi (Respondents 7 and 8 are suo motu impleaded vide order dated 05.11.2020 made in W.A.(MD)No.926 of 2019) ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent praying to allow the Writ Appeal by setting aside the order made in W.P.(MD)No.1202 of 2017 dated 09.08.2019.

For Appellants : Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Senior Counsel for Mr.K.Gurunathan For R1 to R3 & R7: Mr.Veera Kathiravan Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.M.Sarangan, Additional Government Pleader For R4 to R6 : Mr.M.Ajmal Khan for M/s.Ajmal Associates Suo Motu Cont. P. (MD)No.1020 of 2020 The Registrar (Judicial)

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ... Referring Officer versus

1. P.Abraham S/o. Paul Nadar, No.10, Perumalchetti Street, Kovilpatti, Kovilpatti Taluk, Thoothukudi District.

2. Pon Ravi, S/o Gunavel, 47/H4, Nanthagopalapuram East, Thoothukudi, Melur Tuticorin, Thoothukudi – 628 002 Tamil Nadu. ... Contemnors/

6^th and 8^th respondents Suo Motu Contempt proceedings initiated against the Contemnors for their act of executing a sale deed, dated 31.08.2020 with regard to the 1/3^rd of the property in question along with some other property, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Mukkoodal Sub-Registrar Office, Tirunelveli District, belonging to a third party, who is also shown as a co-vendor, in spite of an order of interim injunction for a period of four weeks while admitting W.A.(MD)No.

926 of 2019 and C.M.P.(MD)No.8630 of 2019.

COMMON JUDGMENT

P.VELMURUGAN, J., The appellants 1 to 3 herein had filed two writ petitions before this Court in W.P.(MD)Nos.1202 and 1203 of 2017. The prayer sought for in the writ petition in W.P.(MD)No.1202 of 2017 is to quash the impugned order dated 15.12.2016 passed by the second respondent in Petition No.5398/B1/2016 and consequently, direct the 3^rd respondent to cancel all the sale deeds admitted by the impugned order dated 15.12.2016 passed by the second respondent in the properties consisting of 303 Plots in S.Nos.105/1, 80/1, 80/3, 105/2, 107/4, 112/1, 115/1, 114/2, 109/2E, 107/3, 116, 117/1, 111, 110, 115/2, 114/3B, 117/2, 117/4 and 117/8, 117/6 and 117/7 situated at KTR Satellite Township at Anaivadapathi Village, Alangudi, Kudavasal Taluk. The prayer sought for in the writ petition in W.P.(MD)No.1203 of 2017 is to direct the second respondent to pass orders based on the enquiry conducted by the second respondent on 11.07.2016.

2. The case of the appellants 1 to 3/petitioners before the writ Court was that they had constituted 'PGM developers', a partnership Firm in the year 2007 for carrying out the real estate business and developing properties and in the month of August 2008, they purchased 303 plots in the name of the partnership firm in the layout KTR Satellite Township at Aanaivadapathi Village, Alangudi, Kudavasal Taluk, to an extent of 5.5 lakhs sq.ft approved by the DTCP by its approval No.91/2003 for their business purpose. The above said plots had be