This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner seeking to declare the order of the first respondent, dated 22-01-2004 and the order of the second respondent, dated 02-12-2003 as illegal, arbitrary and consequently to direct the second respondent to register the document without insisting for payment of stamp duty on the present market value of the property.

2. The petitioner purchased an extent of 222 square yards in Sy.No.132 and 160 of B.K. Guda, Hyderabad from her vendor A.V. Pentaiah, who is the absolute owner of the property. A sale deed was executed on 28-02-1979 and it was presented to the Sub-Registrar, Khairatabad, the third respondent herein, for registration on 02-03-1979. The third respondent refused to register the document on the ground that certificate of permission from the competent authority under the Urban Land Ceiling Act was not enclosed along with the sale deed and the document was kept pending. Thereafter, on 28-05-1982, the third respondent passed an order refusing to register the sale deed. As the vendor of the petitioner failed to get the permission from the Urban Land Ceiling Authority, the petitioner was constrained to fil