IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.30042 of 2014 Between:
Neeruganti Achamma, W/o. Late Narasimhappa, Hindu, Aged 75 years, Occ: Cultivation, R/o. Kovelaguttapalli Village, Puttaparthi Mandal, Anantapuram District.
.. Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Stamps & Registration) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad & 3 others .. Respondents The Court made the following:
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.30042 of 2014 ORDER:
The petitioner claims to be the owner of land to an extent of Ac. 4.00 cents in Survey No.171-2, situated at Puttaparthi Revenue Village, Puttaparthi Mandal, Anantapuram District. The case of the petitioner is that when she presented the Deed of Conveyance in respect of the subject land before the Sub-Registrar, Bukkapatnam, Anantapuram District (4th 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. However, no evidence is shown as proof of presentation of document for registration.
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, Bukkapatnam, Anantapuram District (4th 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: 8th October, 2014 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.30042 of 2014 Date: 8th October, 2014 KL