N.Venkatesan v. The Inspector General Of Registration
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 11.07.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM N.Venkatesan ... Petitioner Vs.
1.The Inspector General of Registration, No.100, Santhome High Road, Chennai.
2.The District Registrar, Registration Department, Tiruvallur District, Tiruvallur.
3.The Sub-Registrar, Sub-Registrar Office, R.K.Pet, Pallipet Taluk, Tiruvallur District. 4.K.Panneerselvam 5.Venu Mudali, S/o Iluppasi Singara Mudali 6.Dr.S.Perumal, M.B.B.S 7.K.Karthikeyan 8.R.M.Indiran 9.N.Vijayan
10.N.R.Senthikumar 11.R.Bala 12.A.G.Anandan 13.M.K.Ravichandran 14.V.C.Sudhakaran 15.Muneeswara Nadar 16.Mrs.M.Uma 17.Mr.Yyavaraj 18.Sekar 19.Mrs.Parimala 20.Mr.Subramani 21.Mrs.Jayanthi 22.S.Murthy 23.S.Manoharan 24.M.Palanisamy 25.K.Ponnusamy 26.P.Neelakandan 27.P.Sivakumar 28.M.Selvi ... Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 3 to consider the petitioner's representation dated 28.03.2022 for conducting the enquiry on the respondents 4 to 28 and dispose of the case on merits by cancelling the documents registered in the office of the 3rd respondent. For Petitioner : Mr.K.M.Malarmannan For R1 to R3 : Mr.E.Sundaram, Government Advocate
O R D E R
The writ petition has been filed for directing the respondents 1 to 3 to consider the representation dated 28.03.2022 submitted by the petitioner for conducting the enquiry on the respondents 4 to 28 and dispose of the same on merits by cancelling the documents registered in the office of the 3rd respondent.
2. The issues raised in the present writ petition were adjudicated by this Court in a batch of writ petitions in W.P.No.4192 of 2018 & etc., batch, and a judgment was delivered on 15.06.2023 and the relevant paragraphs of the judgment are extracted hereunder:
" 33. In view of the facts and circumstances, the following orders are passed:
(i) In respect of the complaints pending before the District Registrars concerned and the appeals pending before the respective Appellate Authorities, the Inspector General of Registration shall direct all the authorities to follow Circular No.1/2023 dated 10.06.2023 strictly for the purpose of disposal of the complaints and the appeals in a consistent manner;
(ii) The Inspector General of Registration is directed to incorporate the further clarifications as stated in this order and issue a fresh Circular within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order;
(iii) The respondents are directed to relegate the parties to approach Civil Court of Law, in the event of disputed facts regarding civil rights exist between the parties.
(iv) In the event of violation of the guidelines issued by the Inspector General of Registration or the directions issued by this Court or any other lapses, negligence or dereliction of duty is found while performing the duties by the authorities, departmental disciplinary proceedings are to be initiated under the relevant Service Rules.
(v) The Inspector General of Registration is directed to conduct periodical Reviews as warranted under the Rules of Public Administration.
3. In view of the fact that the case of the petitioner is also similar to that of the cases (cited supra), this writ petition stands disposed of. No costs.
11.07.2023 skr Index : Yes Speaking order
To 1.The Inspector General of Registration, No.100, Santhome High Road, Chennai.
2.The District Registrar, Registration Department, Tiruvallur District, Tiruvallur.
3.The Sub-Registrar, Sub-Registrar Office, R.K.Pet, Pallipet Taluk, Tiruvallur District.
S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.
skr 11.07.2023