IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON THURSDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2011 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1933 WP(C).No. 16140 of 2011(N) ------------------------- PETITIONER : --------------------- RANI, W/O. FRANCIS, AGED 54 YEARS, MUNNAR KARA, K.D.H VILLAGE, MUNNAR, IDUKKI DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.LATHEESH SEBASTIAN RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 001. 2. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, PAINAVU, IDUKKI DISTRICT – 685 603. 3. REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, DEVIKULAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT – 685 613. 4. SUB REGISTRAR, SUB REGISTRAR OFFICE, DEVIKULAM, IDUKKI DISTRICT – 685 613. R1 TO R4 BY GOVT. PLEADER SRI. P. NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 16140 of 2011(N) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE PATTA DATED 23.11.1993. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE SETTLEMENT DEED NO. 3919/1996 OF DEVIKULAM SRO. EXT.P3 : COPY OF THE LAND TAX RECEIPT DATED 7.11.2001. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Mn P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, J ....................................................... W.P.(C).16140/2011 .............................................. Dated this the 16th day of June, 2011 JUDGMENT Petitioner has approached this Court seeking for issuance of a writ of mandamus to the fourth respondent to register the gift deed executed by the petitioner in favour of her daughters in respect of the concerned property, without insisting for production of NOC from the Revenue Department. 2. Heard the learned Government Pleader as well. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is absolutely no provision either under the Registration Act or under the relevant Rules so as to justify the registering authority to insist for production of NOC from the Revenue Department. The law also stands declared by this Court in the decision reported in Selvam v. State of Kerala (2010 (1) KLT, 508). 4. In the above circumstances, the fourth respondent is directed to register the document as and when the same is W.P.(C).16140/11 2 presented, without insisting for any NOC from the Revenue Department, if all the other statutory requirements for facilitating such registration are satisfied by the petitioner. The writ petition is disposed of. P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON, Judge mrcs