I O^ l^°l- IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P.fC) No. )3g6 /2011 PETITIONER ..•^.-^y ^'^"'s??-"'' ll.;^<r-- 'll-'"' ^k>^t^y ..•:-""^±^-'"~ .^^y s<- •JS-' RESPONDENTS Lakshya Infrastructure Private Limited, Calcutta (West Bengal), through: its Director Sunil Sultaniya, S/o. late Hariram Sultaniya, aged about 46 years, R/o. Dabhra Road, Kharsia, Tahsil & Distnct Raigarh VERSUS l] State of Chhattisgarh, through: Secretary, Revenue Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 2] Collector, Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) 3] District Registrar (Registry), Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) 4] Sub-Registrar, Raigarh, Office of Sub-Registrar, Raigarh, District Raigarh (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDERARTICLE 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IrliJt •V.^P''E»\ l<3S^Ki .1^ ^ ./ -^£'',-J A<^ W^i ~ ^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR PETITIONER WRIT PETITION (C) N0.1386 OF 2011 Lakshya Infrastructure Private Limited RESPONDENTS Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Others ^F/^ ^, Post for pronouncement of orders on the <S day of November, 2011 I'" Sarish K. Agi Judge €i HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (CV N0.1386 OF 2011 PETITIONER RESPONDENTS Lakshya Infrastructure Private Limited Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Others (Writ Petition under Articles 226 & 227 ofthe Constitution of India) Singte Bench : Hon'ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present:- Shri Manoj Paranj'ape, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri P.K. Bhaduri, Panel Lawyerforthe State. (Delivered on this 5 day of November, 2011) 1. By this petition, the petitioner seeks to quash the order dated 18.01.2011 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Collector, Raigarh, whereby, the Collector, has directed the Tahsildars of Raigarh, Pusor, Sarangarh & Baramkela and the Sub Registrars of Raigarh & Sarangarh, not to register the sale deed in respect of the land of tribal till the further instructions from the State Government. The petitioner also seeks a direction to the respondent No.4 i.e. Sub Registrar, Raigarh to register the sale deed Annexure P-4 of the petitioner in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short "the Act, 1908") and thereafter, issue the sale certificate. 2. The facts, in brief, as projected by the petitioner, are that one Santram Rathiya was the registered owner of the land in question and he sold the same to the petitioner after getting the full amount of consideration and after obtaining the permission from the Board of Revenue. The sale deed has been presented in the office of Sub Registrar, Raigarh and the stamp duty to the -, tune of Rs.4,17,000/- has already been paid and all the inquiries SS (OWZ-i-SZ, uo pspiosp) 600ZJO I^ZS^'OM (3) dAA ^ sq} uo paep e|es eiji j9}Si69j o) peuiioap A|)46u seq jejisi6ey qns (uapuodsej eq) leq) )iiuqns p|noM 'aieig siji jo^ 6uue9dde . jaAMe-1 |8ued pauje9| 'unpeqg uqs 'PUBL< jsqio eq} UQ •g \sj9if}o y qjBBs!))Bi]qo ^o Q)B)S 'A Jaif}ouy §> epeyi jeuin^ Aefues ui pejepuaj pnoo siq} p uoisioap 9L|} uodn eoueiisj peoeid [esunoo peujeai 'uoi^ueiuoo s.iq ^o yoddns u| 'jaMod ^o esiojexe 9[qejno|oo 0} s}unoLue pUB ME| P SUOISIAOjd eL|) o) AJGJ)UOO si suies si;} pue jo)08||OQ 91)) ^O QOUeiSU! 04} }B Me| J.O SUOISIAOjd 9L|) SJOt/ sp jejtsiesy-qns eq) jo uoipe sq} leq} t.iiuqns pou p|noM edEfuejed UMS •g 'eiqBUieisns }ou A||euo!}n)i(suoo pue P.IIBAUI OS|B }nq 'Aoi|od oiiqnd eq) 0} pesoddo A|UO iou si /}uo4}ne 6u.U8)S!6aJ 94) ^o yed ai)} uo lesn^ey -/Oejtiqje pue |e6e||i si sai)ijoq}ne )uepuodsaj eqi ^o )OB eqi 'siueainoop e^ ^o uo4ej}S[6aj 84} olpje6ej L|}]M jop9||oo SL|) Aq pessed sq ueo jepjo ou pue jops||oo 94t o) sieuipjoqns }ou eje 9061. 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Sections 69 & 71 of the Act, 1908 read as under: "69. Power of Inspector General to superintend registration offlces and make rules.—(1)The Inspector General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the registration offices in the territories under the State Government, and shall have power from time to time to make rules consistent with this Act— (a) providing for the safe custody of books, papers and documents: (aa) providing the manner in which and the safeguards subject to which the books may be kept in computer floppies or diskettes or in any other electronic form under sub-section (1)ofSection 16-A; (b) declaring what languages shall be deemed to be commonly used in each district; (c) declaring what territorial divisions shall be recognized under Section 21; (d) regulating the amount of fines imposed under Sections 25 and 34, respectively; (e) regulating the exercise of the discretion reposed in the registering officer by Section 63; (f) regulating the form in which registering officers are to make memoranda of documents; (g) regulating the authentication by Registrars and Sub-Registrars of the books kept in their respective offices under Section 51; (99) regulating the manner in which the instruments referred to in sub- section (2) of Section 88 may be presented for registration; J^Wirfip^fr35^['^^E,;t^?^-^.^^^^^K^y:^^clw^b^lU^®^ ^ 9. 10. (h) declaring the particulars to be contained in Indexes Nos. I, II, III and IV, respectively; (i) declaring the holidays that shall be observed in the registration offices; and, (j) generally, regulating the proceedings of Registrars and Sub- Registrars. (2) The rules so made shall be submitted to the State Government for approval, and, after they have been approved, they shall be published in the Official Gazette, and on publication shall have effect as if enacted in this Act." "71. Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.—(1)Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document except on the ground that the property to which it relates 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 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. (2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so endorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document is directed to be registered." This Court in Sanjay Kumar Kada (supra) held that "the Collector has no jurisdiction to amend a part or entire rules. There has to be a proper notification, as provided under the provisions of law. The order passed by the Collector is a mere guideline and not in accordance with the provisions of law." Accordingly, the impugned orderdated 18.01.2011 (Annexure - P/1) passed by the Collector, Raigarh, in respect of the <r 11 direction to the Sub-Registrar, Raigarh, for the case of the petitioner, is bad, illegal and deserves to be quashed. Accordingly the same is quashed in part, as aforestated. The Sub-Registrar, Raigarh, is directed to consider the case of the petitioner, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, 1 908 and in view of the decision of this Court in Sanjay Kumar Kada (supra) as expeditiously as possible. In the result, the writ petition is allowed to the above extent. No order asto costs. —— Gowri Sd/'- Satish K. Agitihotri Judge :»Wit.|]|iRs,,a,,;;,.B,an^.___^^j—,,—^ .'.aK^ i;Tt:--=lit.:.s^S^L^E®gffits