Madras Excessive Court docket directs Tamil Nadu Govt to observe 2017 MVG till new pointers are framed

The Madras Excessive Court docket on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu authorities to observe the market worth pointers (MVG) mounted with impact from June 9, 2017, and upheld the one decide’s order.

The division bench of Madras Excessive Court docket comprising Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice Okay Rajasekar pronounced the order and directed the State Authorities to observe the MVG mounted in 2017 till the Valuation Committee revised the MVG following the due strategy of regulation and dismissed the enchantment of the State Authorities.

Arbitrary choices of the chief authorities shake the muse of a democracy. The bench famous that such choices can’t be protected underneath the garb of ‘coverage determination’.

Whereas the Order of the Single Decide dated December 18, 2023, stands confirmed, no refund may be claimed for the Devices registered in the course of the interregnum interval.

The Chennai chapter of the Confederation of Actual Property Builders’ Associations of India (CREDAI) had filed a writ earlier than the Madras Excessive Court docket in opposition to the Round issued by the Inspector Common, Registration Division in February 2023, revising Guideline Values to the charges that have been prevalent until June 8, 2017, with impact from April 1, 2023.

The principle problem was that the methodology stipulated within the Tamil Nadu Stamp (Structure of Valuation Committee for Estimation, Publication and Revision of Market Worth Tips of Properties) Guidelines, 2010, was not adopted. The writ was allowed by a Single Decide of the Excessive Court docket by Order dated December 18, 2023, quashing the Round issued by the Registration Division.

A course was additionally issued to the Authorities to observe the 2017 Tips (charges adopted from June 9, 2017 onwards) till new pointers are framed in accordance with the regulation.

The State filed an enchantment in opposition to this Order, and the Court docket granted an Interim Keep on the Order of the Single Decide and adjourned the matter. 

The matter was taken up for ultimate arguments on February 28, 2024, and was reserved for judgment on the identical day after detailed submissions have been heard. The Division Bench pronounced the order on March 6, 2024.