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2025 Supreme(AP) 111

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Sangisapu Seetarama Rao – Appellant
Versus
B.V.S. Murthy – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : M R S SRINIVAS
For the Respondent: V V RAVI PRASAD

Judgement Key Points

Key Points: - The judgment holds that unilateral cancellation of a registered sale deed is invalid and that the proper remedy for unpaid balance is a suit for recovery, not cancellation. (!) (!) - The court addresses recovery of possession and delivery of the original sale deed to the purchaser where cancellation is void, affirming entitlement to possession based on a valid registered sale deed. (!) (!) (!) - The judgment discusses procedural requirements for cancellation, emphasizing that cancellation of a registered deed must be by civil court with proper notice to parties and cannot be done unilaterally or via sub-registrar without court order. (!) (!) (!) (!)

How to determine the validity of cancellation of a registered sale deed and its binding effect on the purchaser?

What is the remedy when there is unpaid balance sale consideration after a registered sale deed has been executed?

What are the rights of a purchaser to recover possession and delivery of original sale deed when cancellation of the sale deed is alleged or effected?


Common Judgment :

VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO, J.

The A.S. No.332 of 2005 is filed by the appellants/defendant Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5 against the common judgment, dated 21.04.2005, passed in O.S. No.242 of 1999 and O.S.No.339 of 2001 on the file of the I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Rajahmundry.

O.S.No.242 of 1999 is filed by the plaintiff by name Bulusu Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy against Sangisapu Sitarama Rao, Sangisapu Venkata Satya Surya Ganesh Kumar, Sangisapu Meena (died), Mangipudi Radha Krishna Sandhyavathi and Sangisapu Annapurna Devi, for seeking relief of recovery of possession and delivery of original sale deed to the plaintiff. The trial Court decreed the Suit. A.S.no.332 of 2005 is filed against the decree passed in O.S.No.242 of 1999.

2. The Transfer A.S.No.635 of 2008 is filed by the appellants/plaintiffs against the common judgment, dated 21.04.2005, passed in O.S. No.242 of 1999 and O.S.No.339 of 2001 on the file of the I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Rajahmundry.

O.S.No.339 of 2001 is filed by S.V.V.S.S. Ganesh Kumar, M.R.K.Sandhyavalli and S. Meena against B.V.S. Murthy and two others for simple suit for relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendants

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