THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.No.20866 OF 2011 ORDER: In this Writ Petition the action of the 4th respondent, in not registering the documents in question and in passing endorsement dated 25.6.2011 that S.No.489/A of Dhone village is a Government land, is under challenge as being arbitrary and illegal. The petitioners assert that the subject land for which registration is sought is private patta land, and does not belong to the Government. The Sub-Registrar, while stating that he is not entitled in law to adjudicate disputed questions of title, would submit that he was intimated by the Tahsildar that the said land is Government land. A counter affidavit is filed by the 2nd respondent, on behalf of respondents 1 to 3, wherein he would submit that the total extent of land in Sy.No.489/A is 12.42 acres; out of this extent Ac.1-50 was purchased by the husband of the 1st petitioner; in the year 1986 an extent of Ac. 0-15 cents of land was acquired for laying a by-pass road through Award No.15/86 dated 17.9.1986, and compensation was paid to the petitioners; for all other purposes the land is patta land and is not Government land; in O.S.No.342 of 2003 the Civil Court had passed a decree declaring the title of the petitioners over the land, and in holding that they were its absolute owners; no attempts were made by the respondents to take possession of the land, after receipt of orders from the Civil Court and, since the land was declared as patta land by the Civil Court and it is patta land as per revenue records, the land claimed by the petitioners is not Government land. Since the land is admittedly not Government land, I consider it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition directing the 4th respondent to receive the documents in question, and consider registration thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Registration Act and the Rules made thereunder treating the same as private patta land of the petitioners (other than the 0.15 cents of land acquired by the Government for laying a by-pass road). The entire exercise in this regard shall be completed within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. __________ 9-12- 2011 asp