IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3623 OF 2010 Between: N.H. Bhaskar Reddy .....PETITIONER AND Annedi Binitha Reddy and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3623 OF 2010 ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is filed against the order, dated 08.06.2010, in I.A.No.978 of 2009 in O.S.No.31 of 2008, on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Karimnagar, whereunder and whereby, the petition, under Section 11 (2) of the Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1956, filed by respondent No.1 herein, who is defendant No.1, to reject the plaint or direct the petitioner/plaintiff to pay the proper Court fee, was allowed. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that with regard to the cancellation of registered sale deed document bearing No.5771/95, the value of the property as mentioned in the document has to be taken into consideration for the purpose of computation of Court fee, but not the market value, in view of a decision of the Honourable Supreme Court in Satheedevi v. Prasanna[1], and hence, he prays to set aside the impugned order. 4. In Satheedevi’s case (supra), which was relied upon by the learned counsel for the petitioner, it is held thus: "........if the document is sought to be cancelled, the amount of court fee shall be computed on the value of the property for which the document was executed and not the market value of the property. The words "for which" appearing between the words "property" and "other documents" clearly indicate that the court fee is required to be paid on the value of the property mentioned in the document, which is the subject- matter of challenge." 5. The computation of proper Court fee to be decided by the trial Court is the valuation for relief of declaration that the registered sale deed bearing document No.4413/96 as null and void. In view of the above decision of the Apex Court, in the case on hand, court fee has been properly paid with regard to the cancellation of registered sale deed document bearing No.5771/95, where the value of the property is Rs.2,00,000/-, but the Court fee is not properly paid with regard to the relief of declaration that the registered sale deed document bearing No.4413/96 as null and void. That has to be adjudicated by the trial Court. 6. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is disposed of directing the trial Court to fix the value of the property for ascertaining proper Court fee in accordance with law and direct the plaintiff to pay the Court fee. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ K.C. BHANU, J August 27, 2010 MD Issue CC in three days. BO MD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3623 OF 2010 August 27, 2010 [1] (2010) 5 SCC 622