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.21330 of 2014 Between:
K. Puli Raju @ Madhiga Puli Raju, S/o. Ayyanna, Aged about 42 years, R/o. Udumulapadu Village, Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District.
.. Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Stamps and Registration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 4 others .. Respondents The Court made the following:
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21330 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. 3.24 cents in Survey Nos.248/B6 and 248/B7 of Udumulapadu Village, Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District, before the Sub-Registrar, Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District (5th 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, Dhone Mandal, Kurnool District (5th 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.21330 of 2014 Date: 25th July, 2014