Overview

• Justice N. Anand Venkatesh on August 25 directed the Tambaram Tahsildar to decide within four weeks on Kapoor’s April 22, 2025 representation seeking cancellation of the certificate.
• Kapoor’s petition states Sridevi purchased the ECR property on April 19, 1988 and that her family has been in continuous possession, using it as a farmhouse.
• Three individuals claim to be the second wife and two children of a son of original owner M. C. Sambanda Mudaliar, relying on a legal heirship certificate issued in 2005.
• The plea challenges the Tahsildar’s jurisdiction on the ground that the original family lived in Mylapore and contests the alleged 1975 second marriage as invalid because the first wife died in 1999.
• The court disposed of the writ with an administrative timeline, leaving the underlying civil claims to be addressed after the Tahsildar issues a decision.