DATED: 22-09-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI & WMP.Nos.37077 & 37079 of 2018 Hemkumar S/o.Bhimsingh, No.6 B, 4th Street, 3rd Floor, Ulsoor, Bangalore-560 008 Petitioner(s)

Vs

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

2.The Sub-Registrar Katpadi Sub-Registrar Office, Katpadi, Vellore District 3.Mrs.Anu @ Anushiya W/o.Hemkumar, No.967, 4th Block, 2nd Main Road, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore West Range, Karnataka.

4.J.Gunavelan S/o.Janarthanan, No.3/352 Bajanai Koil Street, Brammapuram Village,Katpadi Taluk, Vellore District.

5.M.Kanniyappan S/o.Mayan, 3rd Street, K.N.Road, Vellaikkal Medu, Katpadi, Vellore-632 007

6.A.P.Sathiyamoorthy S/o.A.K.Padmanaba Reddy, No.1, Maasi Reddy Street, Krishnapuram, Ambur Taluk, Vellore District Respondent(s)

PRAYER This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the entire records on the file of the 2nd respondent herein i.e the Sub-Registrar, Katpadi, Vellore Culminating in the cancellation of the Settlement Deed dated 30.01.2015 registered in Document no.729 of 2015 and as well as the subsequent Sale Deed dated 27.02.2015 registered in Document No.1744 of 2015, and also another impugned subsequent Sale Deed dated 28.05.2015 registered in Document No.4585 of 2015 in the office of the Sub Registrar Katpadi Vellore i.e. the 2nd respondent and to quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the 2nd respondent herein i.e. the Office of the Sub-Registrar Katpadi, Vellore to cancel the entries in the encumbrance certificate in the Office of the Sub-Registrar Katpadi Vellore.

For Petitioner(s): M/s.B.Ganesha Moorthy K.Karuppaiya Mooppanar L.Chakravarthi For Respondent(s): Mr.R.Sasikumar, GA for R1 &

R2 R3 – party-in-person Mr.V.Karthikeyan for R4 No appearance for R5 & R6

ORDER

This Writ Petition has been filed seeking for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the entire records on the file of the 2nd respondent herein i.e the Sub-Registrar, Katpadi, Vellore Culminating in the cancellation of the Settlement Deed dated 30.01.2015 registered in Document no.729 of 2015 and as well as the subsequent Sale Deed dated 27.02.2015 registered in Document No.1744 of 2015, and also another impugned subsequent Sale Deed dated 28.05.2015 registered in Document No.4585 of 2015 in the office of the Sub Registrar Katpadi Vellore i.e. the 2nd respondent and to quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the 2nd respondent herein i.e. the Office of the Sub-Registrar Katpadi, Vellore to cancel the entries in the encumbrance certificate in the Office of the Sub-Registrar Katpadi Vellore.

2.The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is the husband and the third respondent is his wife. The third respondent wife owned a property in Sy.No.697/1C, Andal Nagar Layout Plot No.59, Katpadi Village, Katpadi Taluk, Vellore District and out of love and affection she settled the said property in favour of the petitioner vide Settlement Deed dated 24.08.2006 in Doc.No.4981 of 2006. Subsequently, in the year 2015, the third respondent/wife deserted the petitioner due to difference of opinion and had unilaterally cancelled the above said Settlement Deed by way of a Deed of Cancellation of Settlement Deed dated 30.01.2015 in Doc.No.729 of 2015 and on the very same day executed a Deed of General Power of Attorney dated 31.01.2015 in Doc.No.730 of 2015 in favour of the fourth defendant.

3.Based on the above said Deed of General Power of Attorney, the fourth respondent had sold out the above said property to and in favour of the fifth respondent by way of a registered Sale Deed dated 27.02.2015 in Doc.No.1744 of 2015. Thereafter, the fifth respondent sold out the property to and in favour of the sixth respondent herein by way of a registered Sale Deed dated 28.05.2015 in Doc.No.4585 of 2015. Challenging the Deed of Cancellation of Settlement Deed and the subsequent two other Sale Deeds, the peti