Writ Petition No.19418 of 2008 has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Declaration, declaring Rule 54 of the Puducherry Registration Rule, 1969 as amended by Notification No.3880/Rev/C3/2004, dated 8. 2004 published in the Gazette of Pondicherry, dated 8. 2004 as ultra vires the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908, invalid and illegal).

Common Order : (Elipe Dharma Rao, J.)

The petitioner herein contended that he entered into an agreement on 7. 2004 with one Shankar for the purchase of a vacant land measuring an extent of about 83,200 sq.ft. in R.S.No.118/1 in Pethuchettipatti village, Karuvadikuppam Revenue village, situate within the jurisdiction of the Sub Registrar oaf Reddiarpalayam, Union Territory of Pondicherry and the said agreement of sale has also been registered as Document No.3724 of 2004 in the office of the Assistant Registrar of Reddiarpalayam, but, when the petitioner made enquiries in the office of the first respondent /Sub Registrar, Reddiarpalayam, Pondicherry in February, 2006, regarding the guideline value of the property, for the purpose of purchase of stamp papers, he came to know about a comm