SIVARAMAN NAIR, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONERS are purchasers of lands of various extents in Survey Nos. 7, 8 and 9 of Saroomagar village, L. B. Nagar Municipality of Ranga Reddy District. They submit that the Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, acted beyond his jurisdiction, in interdicting the registering officers under the registration ACT, 1908, from registering documents of sale of properties. It is asserted that some of the lands were purchased long back and they had been in possession as purchasers and had also built houses on them. They submit that by reason of the Circular dt. 30-3-1991 issued by the Inspector General of registration, the registering officer has refused registration of the document, without disclosing any further reasons. Petitioners submit further that the inspector General of Registration has no power under the REGISTRATION ACT, 1908, to issue a direction to the Sub-Registrars, not to register any particular document in relation to any particular property. Reliance is sought to be placed on a judgment of our learned brother Eswara Prasad, J. , in W. P. No. 8421 / 1991 dated 5-10-1991 which was subsequently followed by Bhaskara Rao, J. in W. P. No. 15308

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