IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.27045 of 2014 Between:
Narasamma, W/o. Pedda VEnkataramanappa, Aged about 55 years, R/o. Maluguru Villag,e Hindupur Mandal, Anantapur District & 3 others .. Petitioners AND The Government of A.P., Rep. through its Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 3 others .. Respondents The Court made the following:
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.27045 of 2014 ORDER:
The case of the petitioners is that when they presented the Deeds of Conveyance in respect of the lands to an extent of Ac. 1.12 cents, Ac. 1.10 cents and Ac. 1.10 cents in Survey No. 476-1 and Ac. 1.33 cents in Survey No.476-4, situated at Maluguru Village, Hindupur Mandal, S.R.D. of Hindupur and R.D. of Anantapur, Anantapur District, before the Sub-Registrar, Hindupur, Anantapur District (4th respondent) for registration, he refused to receive the same. Hence this writ petition.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that irrespective of the status of the lands, the Sub-Registrar cannot refuse to receive the documents at the threshold. However, no evidence is shown as proof of presentation of documents for registration.
3. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions, this Writ Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioners to present the Deeds of Conveyance before the Sub-Registrar, Hindupur, Anantapur District (4th respondent). As and when such Deeds of Conveyance are 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 Deeds of Conveyance, he shall pass orders under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, and communicate the same to the petitioners 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: 12th September, 2014 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.27045 of 2014 Date: 12th September, 2014 KL