Manikandan.J v. The District Collector

O R D E R Challenging the proceedings of the second respondent in in Pa.Mu.A1/2491/2022 dated 01.11.2022, the present Writ Petition has been filed.

2.The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is the son of the fifth respondent. Out of love and affection the fifth respondent executed an irrevocable settlement deed bearing Document No.3082 of 2022 dated

24.02.2022, in favour of the petitioner. Thereafter, the petitioner executed a sale deed dated 10.05.2022 in favour of the sixth respondent. While so, the fifth respondent initiated proceedings under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, before the second respondent. Pursuant thereto, the second respondent in and by proceedings dated 01.11.2023, cancelled the settlement deed executed by the fifth respondent in favour of the petitioner on the ground that the petitioner had failed to maintain his father / fifth respondent. Aggrieved over the same, the present Writ Petition has been filed.

3.Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the very same impugned order was challenged by the subsequent purchaser namely the sixth respondent in W.P.(MD)No.8605 of 2023 and the same was allowed by this Court on the ground that the settlement deed is an irrevocable settlement deed. Accordingly, he prays for appropriate orders.

4.Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.

5.A perusal of the settlement deed shows that the settlement deed executed by the fifth respondent in favour of the petitioner is an irrevocable settlement deed. Also, since the impugned order has already been quashed by this Court, nothing survives for adjudication in this Writ Petition.

6.Accordingly, this Writ Petition stands closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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MR To

1.The District Collector, Virudhunagar District, Virudhunagar.

2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Sathur Revenue Division, Sathur, Virudhunagar District.

3.The Tahsildar, Vembakkottai Taluk, Venbakkottai, Virudhunagar District.

4.The Sub Registrar, Registration Office, Sathur, Virudhunagar District.

M.DHANDAPANI, J. MR

21.07.2026

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.07.2026 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.21645 & 21646 of 2023 J.Manikandan ... Petitioner -vs- 1.The District Collector, Virudhunagar District, Virudhunagar. 2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Sathur Revenue Division, Sathur, Virudhunagar District. 3.The Tahsildar, Vembakkottai Taluk, Venbakkottai, Virudhunagar District. 4.The Sub Registrar, Registration Office, Sathur, Virudhunagar District. 5.Jeyaraj 6.T.Seenivasan ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned proceedings in Pa.Mu.A1/2491/2022 dated 01.11.2022 passed by the second respondent and quash the same as illegal. For Petitioner : Mr.V.P.Rajan For Respondents 1 to 4 : Mrs.K.R.Shivashankari, Counsel for the State of Tamil Nadu For Respondent No.5 : Mrs.Lakshmi Gopinathan For Respondent No.6 : Mr.S.M.Ananthamurugan