THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21407 of 2014 Dated : 30.07.2014 Between:
Othuri Hanumantha Reddy, S/o Chinna Gangi Reddy, 45 yrs., Cultivation, R/o Ganthimarri Village & Post, Ramagiri Mandal, Anantapur District.
.. Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Registration & Stamps) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents This Court made the following :
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.21407 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 Acs.3.87 cents in Survey No.337-1 of Ganthimarri Village Polam, Ramagiri Mandal, Anantapur District, 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.
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. As and when such deed of conveyance is presented, the Sub-Registrar shall receive and process the same in accordance with 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 : 30.07.2014 ssp