W.P.No.47041 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 04.12.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY W.P.No.47041 of 2025 1.K.Jayakumar 2.Jaishreenee .. Petitioners vs 1.The Inspector General of Registration, No.100, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 04. 2.The District Registrar, Office of the District Registrar, No.182, Bharathi Salai, Royapettah, Chennai – 14. 3.The Sub Registrar, Kodambakkam, No.2/31, Azhagiri Nagar, 5th Street, Vadapalani, Chennai – 26. 4.M.Geetha .. Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the first respondent herein to dispose of the petitioners’ appeal in Appeal No.30914 of 2023 dated 14.08.2023 pending on the file of the first respondent within a fixed time frame of four weeks. 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.47041 of 2025 For Petitioners : Mr.Sunny Sheen Akkara For Respondents : Mr.U.Baranidharan, Special Government Pleader for R1 to R3 ORDER By exercising powers under Section 77-A of the Registration Act, 1908, order dated 19.07.2023 was issued cancelling certain registered documents. The petitioners carried the matter in appeal under Section 77-B before the first respondent on 14.08.2023. Early disposal of said appeal is prayed for in this writ petition. 2. Mr.U.Baranidharan, learned Special Government Pleader, accepts notice for respondents 1 to 3. On the basis of written instructions, he submits that the appeal is deemed as closed in view of Section 77-A being struck down as unconstitutional. 3. Section 77-A of the Registration Act was struck down by a Division Bench of this Court in M.Kathirvel and others vs. Inspector General of Registration and Others (2024 (4) CTC 769) (Kathirvel). As a consequence, the first respondent is no longer in a position to consider the appeal under Section 77-B, which proceeds on the basis that power may be exercised under Section 77-A. In these 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.47041 of 2025 circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioners to challenge the orders of cancellation under Section 77-A of the Registration Act by filing a writ petition before this Court. There shall be no order as to costs. 04.12.2025 Index:Yes/No Neutral Citation:Yes/No mmi To 1.The Inspector General of Registration, No.100, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 04. 2.The District Registrar, Office of the District Registrar, No.182, Bharathi Salai, Royapettah, Chennai – 14. 3.The Sub Registrar, Kodambakkam, No.2/31, Azhagiri Nagar, 5th Street, Vadapalani, Chennai – 26. 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.47041 of 2025 SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J. mmi W.P.No.47041 of 2025 04.12.2025 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis