WP/40288/2025 of Mr. A. Ravinder Vs The State of Telangana on 31 December 2025

ORDER:

Heard Mr.Mohammad Mudabbin Ali, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Smt. S.Sravanthi, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Stamps and Registration appea-ring for the respondents and perused the material on record. With their consent, this writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself.

2. Aggrieved by the action of the respondent No.3 in not registering the document presented by the petitioner for his open Plot Nos.93 and 100 in Sy.No.235 to an -r-\ +t! SK,J W.P.No.4O28a of 2O25 extent of 600 square yards situated at Brahmanapally Torrur Vil1age, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, the petitioner liled the present writ petition.

3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Stamps and Registration submits that the petitioner has approached this Court seeking registration of the said document without presentir-rg it before the Registering Authority. If the petitioner presents the document before the Registering authority, the respondents will receive the sarne and follow the procedure. If there are any objections, appropriate orders shall be passed S contemplated under Section 71 ol the Registration Act, 1908 (for short, 'the Act, 1908'). Therefore, learned Assistart Government Pleader has requested this Court to pass appropriate orders.

4. The Section 71 of the Act, 1908, reads as follows: Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.- ( 1) Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document, except on the ground that the property to which it relates is not situated u.ithin his sub-district shall make an

I I SK,J W.P.No.4O288 of 2025 order of refusal and recorded his reasons for such order in his Book No.2, and endorse the words "registration refused" on the document; and, on application made by any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, without payment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of lhe reasons so recorded.

(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so endorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document is directed to be registered.

5. In view of the above made submissions coupled with the provision under Section 71 of the Act, 1908, this writ petition 1S disposed of directing the Registering Authority to receive, register and release the subject document, subject to the petitioner complying with the provisions of the Act, 1908 as well as the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. It will be open to the Registering Authority to refuse the document presented before him, if he has any objection, by duly assigning reasons in support of such decision arrd communicate the said decision to the petitioner. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case as to the I

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SK,J II/.P.No.4O288 of 2O2S entitlement of the petitioner to get the subject document registered. There shall be no order as to costs.

6. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition shall stand closed. SD/.A.H.S. GOWRI SHANKAR ASSISTANT BEGISTRAR //TRUE COPY/I ,.^l> SECTION OFFICER

1. The Principal Secretary, Stamps and Registration Department, Secretariat Building, State of Telangana at Hyderabad.

2. The Commissioner and lnspector General of Registration of Stamps and Registration, Telangana, Hyderabad.

3. The Sub Registrar, Vanasthalipuram, Ranga Reddy District.

4. Two CCs to GP FOR STAMPS AND REGISTRATION High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT]

5. One CC to SRI MOHAIVTUED IVUDABBIR ALI KHAN, Advocate [OPUC]

6. Two CD Copies To SA BS

HIGH COURT DATED:31 11212025

ORDER

WP.No.40288 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE W.P AT THE STAGE OF ADMISSION WITHOUT COSTS. STA 3 ?{JAN2[28 '( , t I 'r1 I o b