1. The register has nothing to do with the validity of deeds and he will register any deed if that generates revenue for the govt. So forget what the registers says.

2. The settlement deed once executed and acted upon can never be cancelled. In your case you accepted the settlement deed and got the properties transferred in your name as well. In that situation your father is divested of any right to cancel the same.

3. Do not lose possession of the properties and if your sister cause disturbance in it peaceful possession then file a suit for declaration that the 2nd settlement deed is null and void and injunction against any disturbance to peaceful possession of the same.

1) once gift deed is executed it cannot be revoked by the donor without court orders

2) sub registrar could not have registered cancellation deed without your consent

3)once gift deed is executed you are absolute owner of the properties

4) you will have to move court to set aside registration of cancellation deed by sub registrar and subsequent execution of another gift deed by your father

5) you will also have to seek declaration that you are absolute owner of the properties

6) it may take some years depending upon pendency of court cases

the settlement deed cannot be validly revoked.

(i) 1997 (1) CTC 256 (Kuppuswami Mudali, J v. Mahalingam), where-under it has been held that once it is proved that settlement deed has been accepted and acted upon, it cannot be revoked.

(ii) AIR 2003 MADRAS 27 (Perumal v. Rajamanickam), wherein it has been held that it is settled law that when a gift once made cannot be capriciously recalled by the donor, for a transfer by gift is complete and binding on the parties when once completed, as any other form of transfer.

Your father cannot cancel the settlement deed once the properties have been transferred to your name. The Deed which is registered can only be cancelled by the Court since an act on the terms of the deed has taken place. It is advisable to file a case for declaration that the deed which was cancelled is null and void. Further, it could not have been done without any notice to you. In the case which you file, you will have to make the subregistrar also as a party to the petition. Along with the suit for declaration, you must file a suit for injunction in order to restrain your sister from alienating any property or creating third party rights.

an petition under RTI can be filed seeking the authority under which the sub registrar has regisetred the cancellation deed. that would be handy while file a case in the court. Time taken to decide varies from state to state and case to case. it actually depends on the pendency of the cases and on the conduct of both side lawyers.

Once the gift Deed is executed such Gift deed cannot be interfered with, without the intervention of the court. Such revocation is possible only after filing a suit. And in such case the Registrar is powerless to act in the way he has acted. However if such action of the Registrar has caused you inconvenience you may serve upon the Registrar a Demand of Justice asking him to explain his action and then file a writ In the High Court seeking correction of such unauthorised action.

I am not sure if there is another forum in your state which might be approached to rectify such action. You can try asking a local lawyer to enquire about the court of competent jurisdiction or go ahead with the writ remedy in High Court. If However such alternate remedy in another court is brought to light during the hearing of the matter in High Court then withdraw the petition with leave of the Court to file afresh in such forum.

You need not be concerned about regaining such property because in law the action of the Registrar is void and you still are the lawful owner ie if you have completed all other procedural formalities required to be fulfilled before coming to hold the Title.

1. Think pragmatically,

2. The property belonged to your father who is authorised to execute and register the settlement deed,

3. Your father can very well say that you had fruadulently taken his thumb impression on the settlement deed retained by you when he was ailing and also that at no point of time he lost his ability to apend his signature,

4. It will be difficult to counter your father's this allegation/argument,

5. You can certainly challenge changing of his 2nd settlement deed wherein he had settled one house for you provided it was not a conditional settlement deed,

5. Apply for certified copy of the 2nd settlement deed to challenge the third settlement deed executed and registered by him depriving you from all of his properties.

1. Once the settlement deed had been executed in your favour and you got transferred in your favour the house tax and water tax bills, EB ownership and Patta the settlement deed could not have been unilaterally cancelled by your father. The deed could have been cancelled only by the court.

2. The process of registration carried out by sub-registrar cannot be faulted, but the legal validity of the cancellation deed can be challenged in the court.

3. Since your father cancelled the settlement deed in an illegal manner you should go to court and challenge the cancellation deed executed by your father and registered by the sub-registrar to protect your ownership.

4. RTI has no role in this. Your only legal recourse is before a court of law. Move swiftly.

1) litigation is long drawn process

2) courts are over burdened and it takes years for case to be disposed of

3)file writ in HC challenging the registration by sub registrar of unilateral cancellation of gift deed

1. You can not file a case directly to the High Cour on the issue which can be dealt by the Munsef court.

2. If you get an adverse order in the Munsef Court, you can challenge the same before the High Court.

3. You can now file a writ petition praying for an order directing the court lower to expedite hearing your said case and dispose it off within a fixed time frame of next 6 months.