IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 12.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN and W.M.P.No.1399 of 2026

1.A.Vijayarajavarman, 11G, 1, R.S.K.Crystal, Sathiyamoorthi Veedhi, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore – 641 025.

2.A.Siddhardh, 11G, 1, R.S.K.Crystal, Sathiyamoorthi Veedhi, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore – 641 025.

Both the above Principals are represented by their Power Agent K.Asokan, S/o.P.Kaliamoorthy, 11G, 1, R.S.K.Crystal, Sathiyamoorthi Veedhi, Sai Baba Colony, Coimbatore – 641 025. ..Petitioners Vs.

1.The Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 9.

2.The Assistant Director, Office of the District Town and Country Planning, Door No.306, 307 & 308, (3^rd Floor), Annexure Building, Office of the District Collector, Thiruvarur District.

3.The Block Development Officer, Mannargudi – 641 001, Thiruvarur District. ...Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for records relating to the order passed by the respondent herein in Na.Ka.No.841/2025 TVR dated 25.11.2025 and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondent herein to regularise the plan layout, relating to the properties in S.Nos.34/1 and 34/2 measuring an extent of 5.01 acres of house site properties totalling 2, 18, 436 sq.ft. Consisting of 94 plots, in Muthal Sethi Village, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur District in accordance with the provisions of G.O.(Ms)No.78 dated 04.05.2017 of Regularisation of Unapproved Plots and Layouts Rules, 2017 and the Town and Country Planning Act.

For Petitioners : Mr.Ashok -Party-in-person For Respondents : Mr.L.S.M.Hasan Faizal for R1 & R2 Additional Government Pleader Mr.C.Sathish for R3 Government Advocate

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Heard Mr.Asokan party-in-person for the petitioners, Mr.L.S.M.Hasan Faizal, learned Additional Government Pleader for respondents 1 and 2 and Mr.C.Sathish, learned Government Advocate for the 3^rd respondent.

2.The petitioner challenges the proceedings of the 2^nd respondent, whereby the application filed for regularization of a layout in S.Nos.34/1 and 34/2 in Muthal Sethi Village, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur District, came to be rejected.

3.The property aforesaid belonged to one Kaliyamoorthy. The petitioners are his grandsons. The said Kaliyamoorthy, out of natural love and affection, executed a Settlement Deed in their favour on 27.08.2015. Kaliyamoorthy had purchased the aforesaid property by way of a registered Sale Deed dated 16.05.2004 from its previous owners, namely, i) S.Aaravamudhan, ii) S.Raghavan and iii) S.Rengarajan.

4.The same was registered on 24.05.2004 in Document No.1057/2024. The said Kaliyamoorthy had, even before the settlement, laid out the property into housing plots. The layout had not been approved by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.

5.The petitioners herein, executed a Settlement Deed in favour of their mother, Vijayamangaiyarkarasi, on 23.08.2023. The same was presented for registration. However, pointing out the amendment made to Section 22A of the Registration Act, 1908, the Sub-Registrar refused to register the Settlement Deed. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners preferred a Writ Petition before this Court in W.P.No.21480 of 2024. 6.By an order dated 30.07.2024, the order refusing registration of the document was set aside and the document was directed to be registered. Accordingly, the Settlement Deed was registered in Document No.1069 of 2025. The State Authorities, aggrieved by the order in W.P.No.21480 of 2024, preferred a Writ Appeal in W.A.No.1540 of 2025. A Division Bench of this Court allowed the Writ Appeal and set aside the order of the learned Single Judge on 15.09.2025. The Division Bench pointed out that it is open to the petitioners herein to file an application for regularization of the layout in terms of G.O.(Ms).No.78, Housing and Urban Development [UD4(3)] dated 04.05.2017.