IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR THURSDAY, THE 4TH MARCH 2010 / 13TH PHALGUNA 1931 WP(C).No. 6352 of 2010(T) ------------------------------------ PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- RAJAN.C.M, AGED 39 YEARS,S/O.MADHAVAN, CHELAKKATT PARAMBIL HOUSE,NJARAKKAL PO, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR.T.N.SURESH RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SUB REGISTRAR OFFICER, SUB REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, NJARAKKAL PO, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: tss T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No. 6352 of 2010-T - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 4th day of March, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner seeks for a direction to the second respondent Sub Registrar to register Ext.P2 sale deed forthwith. He has purchased 4 cents of land in Old Sy. No.1118 in Njarakkal Village covered by the Sale Certificate issued by the Munsiff's Court, Kochi in O.S. No.284/2006 in favour of the auction purchaser one Shri T.S. Sudheesh. Ext.P1 is the copy of the sale certificate issued by the Court. A true copy of the sale deed executed in favour of the petitioner is produced as Ext.P2. According to the petitioner, when it was produced, the Sub Registrar returned the same for curing certain defects, especially with regard to the Survey Number. Thereafter, he obtained a certificate from the Village Officer with regard to the identity of the survey number, as per Ext.P3. The case pleaded in the writ petition is that even thereafter, there was a refusal to register the document. 2. Learned Govt. Pleader on instructions, submitted that there has not been any refusal on the part of the second respondent, as the petitioner has not so far produced the original of Ext.P2 for registration. It is wpc6352 /2010 2 submitted that if the original of the said document is produced for registration, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with the Registration Act. 3. Therefore, there will be a direction to the second respondent to register the document in terms of the relevant provisions, if the document is otherwise in order. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/