K. Kannan, J.—The petitioners who claim to be representatives of a religious and charitable Trust, are aggrieved by the orders passed by Deputy Commissioner-cum-Collector-cum-Registrar cancelling a sale deed executed by the petitioners in favour of the third party. The cancellation is purported to be done on the instructions from Collector that it should be cancelled as per rules. The Joint Registrar did no more than carrying out directions of the Collector to a ‘T’ and stating that the document is annulled.

2. The contention of the petitioners is that the annulment of registration is alien to the scheme of the Registration Act. The Act only contains provision empowering the Registering Officer to be satisfied about the execution of the document and if there are not issues relating to jurisdiction, he is bound to register the same. The powers of the Registrar regarding supervision must only ensure that there exists no violation of the Act and the Rules and such a power cannot extend to annulment of the registration that has already been made.

3. The petitioners also refer to the judgment in Hussain Ali Shah v. Sardar Ali Shah & Ors., AIR 1933 Lahore 786 which held t