IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21310 of 2014 Between:
A. Ravindra Vara Kumar, S/o. A. Yogeeswara Reddy, Aged about 38 years, R/o. H.No.76/111/2, Nirmal Nagar, Kurnool City.
.. Petitioner AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Stamps and Registration) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & another .. Respondents The Court made the following:
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21310 of 2014 ORDER:
The case of the petitioner is that when he presented the Deed of Conveyance in respect of Plots bearing Nos.20, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 28, admeasuring 732 square yards in Survey No.283/1, situated at Pancha Lingala Village, Kurnool Mandal and District, before the Joint Sub-Registrar, Kurnool, Kurnool District (2nd respondent) for registration, he refused to receive the same. Hence this writ petition.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that irrespective of the status of the land, the Sub-Registrar cannot refuse to receive the document at the threshold.
3. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions, this Writ Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to present the Deed of Conveyance before the Sub-Registrar, Kurnool, Kurnool District (2nd respondent). As and when such Deed of Conveyance is presented, the Sub-Registrar shall receive and process the same in accordance with the Registration Act, 1908, and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. If the Sub-Registrar has valid reasons for refusing to register the Deed of Conveyance, he shall pass orders under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of such document. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed.
P.NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 30th July, 2014 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21310 of 2014 2014 Date: 25th July,