THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.23219 of 2014 Dated : 13.08.2014 Between:
Harish Khosla, S/o late Shyamlal Khosla, 46 yrs., R/o H.No.2403/Sector-7A, Faridabad, Haryana, now residing at Near Railway Station, Naneppa Nagar, Hindupur, Anantapur District.
.. Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents This Court made the following :
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.23219 of 2014 ORDER :
The case of the petitioner is that when he presented the deed of conveyance in respect of the land to an extent of Ac.1.15 cents in Survey No.455-2 at Lepakshi polam with Lepakshi panchayat area, S.R.D. of Chilamathur and R.D. of Anantpur, before the Sub-Registrar 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. However, no material is placed on record to show that deed of conveyance was presented by petitioner.
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 concerning land to an extent of Ac.1.15 cents in Survey No.455-2, Lepakshi polam, Lepakshi Panchayat Area, Anantpur District. As and when such deed of conveyance is presented, the Sub-Registrar (4th respondent) 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 and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of such document. No costs.
Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed.
JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO Date : 13.08.2014 ssp