UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION  AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION  UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                                                  Commission File Number 0-14581


     CALIFORNIA  SEVEN  ASSOCIATES  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  A CALIFORNIA  LIMITED
     PARTNERSHIP 
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, SOUTH BUILDING
     BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06002
 (Address,  including zip code,  and telephone  number,  including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)


     UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


     NONE
  (Titles of all other classes of  securities,  for which a duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

    Please  place  an X in  the  box(es)  to  designate,  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)        |X|            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)Ii)        |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)       |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)       |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)        |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)        |_|
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)       |_|            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)       |_|
                                               Rule 15d-6                 |_|

     Approximate  number of holders of record as of the  certification or notice
date: 0

    Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934
California  Seven  Associates   Limited   Partnership,   a  California   limited
partnership has caused this  certification/notice  to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned duly authorized person.

                                  By:      CIGNA Realty Resources, Inc.-Seventh,
                                           General Partner


Date: May 10,  1996               By:      /s/ John D. Carey
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                                           John D. Carey, President