IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.13984 of 2010 Date of Decision: 09.08.2010 Surinder Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr. C.M.Munjal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R.S.Kundu, Addl. A.G., Haryana. ****** PERMOD KOHLI, J. (ORAL) Notice of motion. Mr. Kundu accepts notice on behalf of State-respondents. With the consent of the parties, the petition is disposed of at the motion stage itself. Petitioner purchased the property situated at Karnal, Tehsil and District Karnal as detailed in Para 2 of the writ petition and thereafter sold the same to one Sh. Main Pal son of Risal Singh, resident of Village Sundana, Tehsil Kalanaur, District Rohtak for consideration of Rs.1.22 Lacs. It is stated that the petitioner has annexed the requisite stamp duty and approached respondent No.4 for registration of the document. Respondent No.4 has neither registered the document nor passed any order of refusal. Sub Registrar, who is exercising power under the Registration Act, 1908, is bound to register the document if all the requisite formalities are complied with and same are in accordance with law otherwise to pass an order refusing to register the document. The document was presented before respondent No.4 on 26.07.2010. CWP No.13984 of 2010 -2- The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.4 has neither registered the document nor passed any order refusing the registration of said document to enable the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy in accordance with law. In view of the above circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.4 to pass an appropriate order on the application of the petitioner for registration. In the event document conforms to the provisions of law, the same may be registered otherwise the registration may be refused by passing a reasoned order in accordance with law within a period of two weeks from the date certified copy of this order is served upon the said respondent. 09.08.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) Gagan JUDGE