Authority: High Court of Judicature at Madras

Order Date: 22-06-2026

Case Overview

  • Applicants: G. Murugesan (age ~54) and P. Vengadesh (age ~25) filed a company application challenging a prohibitory order dated 02‑08‑2024 (Application No.269 of 2024).
  • Respondents: Sterling Tree Magnum Limited (represented by Administrator Justice K. Kalyanasundaram (Retd)), Official Liquidator High Court Madras, M/s. Lintas India Limited (represented by Branch Manager & Power Agent Sri Ashok Prasad), Inspector General of Registration, M/s. Cethar Industries (represented by Liquidator Mr. V. Nagarajan per NCLT order dated 25‑04‑2018), M/s. Cethar Energy Limited (subsidiary of Cethar Limited), and the Sub‑Registrar SRO Gandharvakottai, Pudukottai District.
  • The prohibitory order of 02‑08‑2024 directed registering authorities not to register any documents concerning properties listed in Annexure‑I, which included Survey No. 182/2 at Veeradipatti Village.
  • Applicants contend they purchased the 64.69‑acre land in Survey No. 182/2 through an auction in the liquidation of the fifth respondent, with sale deeds numbered 469 & 470 of 2019 and a patta issued after sub‑division into S.No. 182/2A and 182/2B.
  • Deputy Official Liquidator (Ms. Ambili B) relied on a report dated 28‑11‑2025 (ordered by the Court) stating that the Administrator’s investigation showed Survey No. 182/2 was incorrectly listed; the actual company‑owned land was Survey No. 183/2. She also cited a letter dated 27‑10‑2018 from ex‑Director R. Subramaniam indicating that Director Prathiba V. Pai owned 1.95 acres in Survey No. 182/2.
  • The Court examined the conflicting claims: applicants’ assertion of a 64.69‑acre purchase versus the liquidator’s claim of a 1.95‑acre ownership by a director.
  • The Administrator’s report found no records that the company under liquidation had purchased the 64.69‑acre parcel in Survey No. 182/2.
  • The letter from the ex‑Director showed that Prathiba V. Pai owned various survey numbers, including Survey No. 182/2 (1.95 acres), but the sale deed (Document No. 1376/1994 dated 29‑08‑1994) actually recorded purchase of 1.95 acres in Survey No. 183/2, not 182/2.

Final Outcome

  • The Court allowed the application.
  • Applicants are permitted to deal with the 64.69‑acre property in Survey No. 182/2, subject to any other encumbrances.
  • The prohibitory order dated 02‑08‑2024 is extended to also cover Survey No. 183/2 at Veeradipatti Village.
  • The learned Administrator is directed to take necessary steps to secure the said property.
  • The Registry is instructed to forward a copy of this order to the Office of the Sub‑Registrar, Gandharvakottai, Pudukottai (seventh respondent).

Topics: Property Rights, Liquidation Proceedings