JUDGMENT

(Dated this the 12th day of February, 2026)

The petitioner is an auction purchaser with respect to two items of properties for an extent of 8.90 Ares in Block No.11 in Re-Survey No.172/3-6-1-1 of Kanjirappally Village, Kanjirappally Taluk with residential building bearing No. KP vii/96A and another property having extent of 8.91 Ares in Block No.11 in Re-Survey No.172/3-6-1-2 of Kanjirappally Village, Kanjirappally Taluk with residential building bearing No. KP vii/96B therein. The Bank sold the mortgaged properties in auction under the SARFAESI Act in favour of the petitioner. The sale was confirmed and Exts-P1 and P2 Sale Certificates were issued in favour of the petitioner. When the petitioner approached the Registering Authority to enter the Sale Certificates in Book No. 1 in terms of Section 89 (4) of the Registration Act , the authority declined to do so on the ground that stamp duty had not been paid on the Sale Certificates. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking the following reliefs:

“i) Issue a Writ of Mandamus or other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the 1st respondent to enter Exhibit.P1 and P.2 Sale Certificates