1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.11.2011 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN W.P.(MD)No. 7997 of 2011 T.Ganapathiappan ... Petitioner Vs. Assistant Commissioner, Tirunelveli Regional Office, Tirunelveli Corporation, Tirunelveli ... Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned notice bearing O.Mu.A7/TR39/2010 dated 2.5.2011 issued by the respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to substitute the name of the petitioner as property tax assessee in respect of house bearing door No.1/54, 4th Street, Gandhi nagar, Tirunelveli 8 in place of late T.Ganapathiappa Pillai . For Petitioner : Mr.G.R.Swaminathan For Respondent : Mr.S.P.Maharajan O R D E R The petitioner has come up with the above Writ Petition challenging an order passed by the respondent refusing to effect mutation in the records of Tirunelveli Corporation. 2. Heard Mr.G.R.Swaminathan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.S.P.Maharajan, learned counsel for the respondent. 3. The petitioner got the property in question, under a deed of family arrangement, from his own paternal grand father. On the basis of the said document, the petitioner made a request for mutation in the records of the Corporation. But the request was turned down by the impugned order on the ground that the deed of family arrangement was not registered. 4. It is too late in the day to say that an unregistered deed of family arrangement, which records a past transaction, requires registration and stamp duty. The petitioner is the grand son of the original owner. There is no dispute between the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 petitioner and the other heirs. Therefore, the impugned order is wholly unsustainable. 5. In view of the above, the Writ petition is allowed, impugned order is set aside and the respondent is directed to effect mutation in the records of the Corporation. No costs. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(Records) /True Copy/ Sub-Assistant Registrar To, Assistant Commissioner,Tirunelveli Regional Office, Tirunelveli Corporation, Tirunelveli ses rl/2c – 22.11.2011 W.P.(MD)No.7997 of 2011 14.11.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/