THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4182 of 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners is that the Sub-Registrar, Kurnool, the respondent herein, was not receiving the documents presented for registration by them in respect of the land in Sy.Nos.165/B and 165/3B in Tandrapadu village and Gram Panchayat, Kurnool Mandal, Kurnool District. It is their case that the respondent was not assigning any reasons as to why their documents were not being entertained for registration. Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, enjoins the registration authority who refuses to register a document to make an order of refusal recording his reasons. On an application made by the aggrieved party, the registration authority is required to furnish a copy of the reasons so recorded. In the present case, it is the case of the petitioners that the Sub- Registrar, Kurnool, in contravention of the above statutory provision, is refusing to disclose the reasons for not entertaining the petitioners’ documents for registration. There shall accordingly be a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Kurnool, to act in accordance with Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, and furnish the reasons for not entertaining the petitioners’ documents upon their application in this regard. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR 01.03.2011 v v