The court affirmed the obligation to register a corrected document under the Registration Act, dismissing erroneous refusals based on improper classifications.

ORDER

The present Writ Petition has been filed for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to quash the impugned Refusal Check Slip dated 19.02.2025 and consequential direction to the respondent to register the petitioner's sale deed dated 29.03.2025 within a stipulated period as framed by this Court.

2. The petitioner vendor has purchased 20 cents through a sale deed.

The petitioner has purchased the said 20 cents through the impugned sale deed and presented for registration. The respondents refused to register stating that the petitioner is purchasing unapproved housing site. Even the impugned sale deed states the land as 'housing plot'.

3. On receipt of the refusal slip, the petitioner rectified the document, clarifying that the said 20 cents of land is not a housing plot, but is classified as Punja land. Nevertheless, the respondent orally refused registration, claiming that the document falls within the scope of Section 22A (2) of the Registration Act . This refusal is erroneous. As the petitioner has corrected the classification of the land to Nanja, the respondent is obligated to register the document. If, in the future, the petitioner converts the land into a layout and sells individual plots, the respondent would have the authority to raise objections under Section 22A (2) of the , based on housing plot and layout provisions. Therefore, the respondent’s current refusal to register the document is unwarranted.