IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC THURSDAY, THE 30TH SEPTEMBER 2010 / 8TH ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 30054 of 2010(F) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- LAKSHMI RAJESH, W/O.RAJESH, CHEPPALA, KOMOTH LANE, PALARIVATTOM.P.O., COCHIN-682 025. BY ADVS. SRI.K.I.ABDUL RASHEED, SRI. K.A. SHAMSUDEEN, SRI. MEETHIAN KUNJU.V.K, SMT. BHAMA G. NAIR, SRI. SIYAD N.M. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, GOVT.SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-682 030. 3. THE VILLAGE OFFICER, EDAVANAKAD, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-682 502. 4. THE SUB-REGISTRAR, KUZHUPILLY, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT-682 501. 5. THE GOSHREE ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ERNAKULAM-682 011, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. R1 TO R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. P. NARAYANAN. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 30/09/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ------------------------- W.P.(C.) No.30054 of 2010 (F) --------------------------------- Dated, this the 30th day of September, 2010 J U D G M E N T Petitioner states that she has purchased a property belonging to the vendors in Ext.P1. It is stated that when the document was presented for registration, the 4th respondent refused to register the document stating that by Ext.P2 letter issued by the District Collector, they were requested to freeze transactions in relation to the properties mentioned in Ext.P2, which includes the property covered by Ext.P1. It is complaining of the above, this writ petition has been filed. 2. Land owners and purchasers similarly situated had approached this Court complaining of this very grievance, and in several cases of this nature, this Court has directed that so long as the property is not under acquisition or any such proceedings, by an executive order, transactions cannot be frozen. One of those judgments has been produced by the petitioner as Ext.P4. Therefore, consistent with the above, this writ petition is also WP(C) No.30054/2010 -2- disposed of directing that if the parties to the transaction produce the sale deed, which satisfies the requirement of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act, ignoring Ext.P2, the document will be taken up for registration, and needful shall be done in accordance with law. This writ petition is disposed of as above. (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) jg