##PAGE1##

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SARATH

WRIT PETITION No.39478 of 2025

THE 24^TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2025

Between:

Parlapalli Venkata Ramana Reddy.

…Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Revenue (Stamps and Registration) Department,

Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and (3) others.

…Respondents

ORDER

Heard Sri K.K.Mahender Reddy, learned counsel for the

petitioner, Smt. S.Sravanthi, learned Assistant Government Pleader

for Stamps and Registration appearing for the respondents and

perused the entire material available on record. With their consent,

this Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he filed an application before

the respondent No.3 on 08.12.2025 stating that he has fulfilled all

requirements for validating the Agreement of Sale dated 27.12.1998,

requesting validation of the same as per the provisions of the Indian

Stamp Act, 1899 (for brevity, “the Act, 1899”). It is the further stated

that similar issue fell for consideration in a batch of Writ Petitions

2

vide common order dated 28.02.2023 in W.P.No.42908 of 2022 and

batch and this Court, after elaborate discussion regarding Chapter

IV, particularly Sections 35, 40, 41 and 41A of the Act 1899, held

that the Registrar or the officer or person entitled to receive evidence

is under an obligation to collect the deficit stamp duty along with

penalty. While referring to the said provisions, this Court allowed

the said batch of Writ Petitions, directing the respective District

Registrars/Sub-Registrars to receive the subject documents and

process them for collection of deficit stamp duty with or without

penalty, depending on facts of the case under the provisions of

Chapter IV of the Act, 1899. The process was to be completed within

a period of four (4) weeks from the date of presentation of such

documents by the respective petitioners. In view of the same,

learned counsel requested this Court to allow the Writ Petition also.

3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Stamps and

Registration appearing for the respondents submits that the State

has not filed any appeals against the common order dated

28.02.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.42908 of 2022 and

batch and the said order has attained finality. Learned Assistant

Government Pleader has also not disputed that the facts of the

present Writ Petition are squarely covered by the common order

dated 28.02.2023 passed in W.P.No.42908 of 2022 and batch. In

3

view of the same, learned Assistant Government Pleader requested

this Court to pass appropriate orders.

4. In view of the aforesaid submissions made by both sides, this

Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the common order dated

28.02.2023 in W.P.No.42908 of 2022 and batch and for the reasons

alike.

5. The Registry is directed to annex a copy of the common order

in W.P.No.42908 of 2022 dated 28.02.2023 along with this order.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition,

shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

________________________

JUSTICE K.SARATH

Date: 24.12.2025

spk