1/5 WP No. 14932 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 25-04-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH WP No. 14932 of 2025 R.Srinivasan Petitioner(s) Vs The Joint Sub-Registrar-I (District Registrar's Office Grade), District Registrar's Office, Salem East, Salem District. Respondent(s) PRAYER Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the Respondent in refusal no.RFL/1 N Joint Sub-Registrar, Salem East /19/2025 dated 17.02.2025 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to register the award passed by the Lok Adalat,Salem in O.S.No.1137 of 2024 dated 14.12.2024. For Petitioner(s): Mr.B.Kumarasamy For Respondent(s): Mr.U.Baranidharan https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 2/5 WP No. 14932 of 2025 Special Government Pleader ORDER This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned refusal check slip issued by the respondent dated 17.02.2025 and for a consequential direction to the respondent to register the award passed by the Lok Adalat, Salem in O.S.No.1137 of 2024 dated 14.12.2024. 2.When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Government Pleader on instructions submitted that the property in question is an unapproved plot and therefore, it cannot be permitted to be legalised by registering the award passed by the lok adalat. 3.In the considered view of this Court, for the present, what is sought to be registered is only an award passed by the Lok adalat. The award may consist of lands which are approved and unapproved. That issue is irrelevant insofar registering the award is concerned. The issue regarding the unapproved layout will gain significance only if subsequently documents are presented for registration and it covers lands / https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 3/5 WP No. 14932 of 2025 property which are unapproved and at which point of time, the registration department can always take a stand that such unapproved plots / sites cannot be registered without seeking for proper approval under the relevant 2017 Rules. 4.In the light of the above clarification given by this Court, at the risk of repetition, this Court holds that the present writ petition confines itself only to the registration of the award passed by the lok adalat and nothing more. In view of the same, there shall be a direction to the respondent to register the award passed by the Lok Adalat in O.S.No.1137 of 2024 dated 14.12.2024 after collecting the necessary charges. 5.In the result, this writ petition is allowed in the above terms. No costs. 25-04-2025 (1/4) Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes ssr https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 4/5 WP No. 14932 of 2025 To The Joint Sub-Registrar-I (district Registrar's Office Grade), District Registrar's Office, Salem East, Salem District. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis 5/5 WP No. 14932 of 2025 N.ANAND VENKATESH J. ssr WP No. 14932 of 2025 25-04-2025 (1/4) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis