IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 29.01.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY Nishanthini .. Petitioner vs The Sub Registrar, Pudhuchatram, Namakkal District. .. Respondent Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the impugned refusal check slip under Refusal No.RFL/PUDHUCHATRAM_NAMAKKAL/BOOK2/1 dated 05.01.2026 and to quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondent to entertain the sale deed.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Karthikeyan for Mr.K.Manikandan For Respondent : Mr.U.Baranidharan, Special Government Pleader

ORDER

The petitioner executed and presented a sale deed for registration. The request for registration was declined under the impugned order by invoking Section 22A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the original intention was to form a lay out after obtaining approval. In relation thereto, he submits that a gift deed was executed in favour of the village panchayat for formation of a pathway. Since the DTCP approval was not obtained, he submits that the land remains as an agricultura