THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.20841 of 2006 09.10.2006 Between: M/s. Jhumarlal Jagdish Prasad Sarda represented by its Managing Partner, Jagdish Prasad Sarda. ..Petitioner And The State of A.P., represented by its Prl.Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad. and others ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.20841 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner firm seeks a Writ of Mandamus directing the 2nd respondent, Inspector General of Stamps and Registration, the 6th respondent, District Registrar and the 8th respondent, Sub- Registrar, Dhoodbowli, Hyderabad, not to entertain any sale deeds in respect of the property in premises No.19-4-274, situated opposite to Salarjung Guest House, Eedagah, Miralam Rank, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad. It is the case of the petitioner firm that it purchased the premises No.19-4-274/1, along with its appurtenant land admeasuring 5291 square yards from the 12th respondent, under an agreement of sale, dated 15.11.1985, and obtained physical possession from the vendor. It is also the case of the petitioner firm that the State Bank of Hyderabad filed a suit, being O.S.No.735 of 1988, on the file of the Court of the I Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, against M/s. Jagadish Oil Mills, for payment of money that there was a proposal for ‘one time settlement’ and that at the time of delivery of documents by the bank, the 12th respondent objected for handing over the original title documents. In the meanwhile, the 4th respondent passed orders on 16.02.1996, under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, declaring the subject land as ‘surplus’. The 12th respondent filed appeal, but the same was dismissed by the 3rd respondent on 17.09.2002, observing that the petitioner firm is in possession of the property. At that stage, the petitioner firm and its partners also submitted applications to the Government seeking regularization/allotment under G.O.Ms.No.455, dated 29.07.2002, duly paying the requisite amounts. Even while the said application is pending, the 12th respondent so as to avoid the liability under the agreement of sale, created fictitious sales transactions and approached the 8th respondent for registration of those documents, purporting to demise the excess vacant land in premises No.19-4- 274/1. Therefore, the present Writ Petition is filed. At the stage of preliminary hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General), placed strong reliance on the decision of this Court in Property Association of Baptist Churches v. Sub-Registrar, Jangaon[1] and another decision of this Court in Valluri Anuradha v. Sub-Registrar, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District[2], in support of the contention that the registering authorities, exercising their powers under the Registration Act, 1908, cannot be prevented from exercising the statutory powers. The legal position is not denied. Therefore, the remedy of the petitioner is to approach the 8th respondent and raise all objections under the provisions of the Registration Act as well as the Andhra Pradesh Registration Rules, objecting the registration of sale deeds or any document in relation to the premises, which the petitioner allegedly purchased under the agreement of sale from the 12th respondent in 1985. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 09.10.2006 GJ [1] 2003 (2) ALD 671 = 2004 (1) ALT 174 [2] 2006 (2) ALD 371