ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 08-01-2025 The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 14.11.2019, passed by the Assistant Inspector General of Registration, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga, i.e. the respondent no.3, in Stamp Case No.1 of 2019-20 whereby and whereunder the petitioner has been directed to deposit deficit stamp duty to the tune of Rs.6,69,960/- along with penalty of a sum of Rs.66,996/-, totalling to a sum of Rs.7,36,956/-.

2. The brief facts of the case, according to the petitioner, are that the petitioner had purchased a land, appertaining to old Khata No.2 and new Khata No.483, old Plot No.2051, new Plot No.2135, admeasuring 4 khatha, 5 dhur, situated at Mauza- Chatwan, Thana No.413, Circle Office-Kewti, District- Darbhanga, by a sale deed, which was registered on 13.04.2015, after payment of the requisite stamp duty and registration charges. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that after four years of registration of the instrument in question, one Devendar Singh had filed a complaint before the office of the District Sub-Registrar, Darbhanga, i.e. the respondent no.5 in the year 2019, whereafter an enquiry was conducted and the