Introduction

[1] This case concerns the wrongful conversion of land tenure from perpetual ownership to a 99-year leasehold by the Registrar of Land. The plaintiffs allege that this administrative error affected numerous plots in Mukim Sitiawan, Daerah Manjung, Perak. The plots are as depicted in the intitulement above, which were originally held under perpetual ownership. This court previously ruled in Lim Poh Chuen & Anor v. Pendaftar Hakmilik Negeri Perak [2024] MLRHU 751; [2024] 11 MLJ 258; [2024] 7 CLJ 269; [2024] 5 AMR 417, involving neighbouring properties, also in Mukim Sitiawan, Daerah Manjung, Perak and the same defendant, in favour of the plaintiffs. Building on this precedent and the cases relied upon in Lim Poh Chuen (supra), the plaintiffs contend that the tenure change was ultra vires and unconstitutiona