THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27980 of 2010 Date: 12.11.2010 Between: Basani Kamalakar ..... PETITIONERS AND The Joint Sub-Registrar (Urban), Warangal. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri S. Ganesh Rao Counsel for the Respondent: A.G.P. for Revenue The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27980 of 2010 Order: The action of the respondent in not receiving the sale deed pertaining to Plot No.3 in Survey No.228/2,3,4,5 admeasuring 300 sq. yards at Hanamkonda Village and Mandal, Warangal District for the purpose of registration is questioned in this writ petition. Petitioner claims that he is the owner of the said plot and that he intends to sell the same. The grievance of the petitioner is that neither the respondent has received the said document for registration nor he has acted in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’). Under Section 71 of the Act, if every Sub-Registrar has reasons to refuse to register a document, except on the ground that the property to which it relates to is not situate within his sub-district, shall make an order of refusal and record his reasons for such order in his book No.2 and endorse the words “registration refused” on the document; and on an application made by any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, without payment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of the reasons so recorded. If a person feels aggrieved by such refusal, he is entitled to invoke the remedy of approaching the Registrar under Section 73 of the Act and avail the remedy of Civil Suit under Section 77. In view of the above statutory provisions, it is incumbent upon the respondent to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 71 of the Act. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondent to receive the document presented by the petitioner and act in accordance with the provisions of Section 71, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of such a document. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.35687 of 2010 is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY,J DATE: 12th November, 2010 Note: Furnish c.c. in one week B/o Pnb