THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.26409 of 2014 Dated : 09.09.2014 Between:
Smt Syed Ghousia W/o.Syed Rafi, Aged about 48 yrs, Occu : Household, R/o.D.No.19-90, Muslim Street, Pathapeta, Chandragiri Village & Post, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District & another .. Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 4 others .. Respondents This Court made the following :
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.26409 of 2014 ORDER :
The case of the petitioners is that when they presented the deed of conveyance in respect of the lands to an extent of Ac.2-50 cents in Survey No.1-A1 and an extent of Ac.2-50 cents in Survey No.1-A1 totally admeasuring Ac.5-00 cents, Chandragiri Revenue Village, Chandragiri Mandal, Chittoor District, before the Sub-Registrar for registration, he refused to receive the same. Hence this writ petition.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit 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 petitioners 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 petitioners within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of such document. There shall be no order as to costs.
4. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition, shall stand closed.
P.NAVEEN RAO,J 9th September, 2014
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