IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17916 of 2008 Vijay Shankar Rai, s/o Shree Bhola Rai, R/o village Sherghati, Naya Bazar, P.S. Sherghati, District-Gaya ……. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Registrar, Gaya 3. Sub-Registrar, Sherghati, Gaya ………… Respondents. ----------- 2. 22.05.2009 The petitioner is aggrieved by the action of the District Sub-Registrar, Sherghati, Gaya in refusing to accept the sale deed submitted by the petitioner for registration with respect to the land bearing Khata No. 182, Plot Nos. 1919 and 1920 area 20.63 decimals situated in village Kathar Ward No.1, Sherghati, Gaya. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that as per the rates fixed by the Government for similar land, the valuation of the land would have come to Rs. 3,95,186/- whereas the petitioner’s sale deed is of Rs. 4,35,000/- and thus he was paying Rs. 30,000/- above the Government rates but the respondent no. 3 is not accepting the document for the purpose of registration. In the above circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the District Sub-Registrar, Sherghati, Gaya, respondent no.3 to accept the filing of the document of the petitioner for registration and thereafter to proceed in the matter in accordance with law. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any view regarding the merit/correctness of the valuation shown by the petitioner. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)