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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

WRIT PETITION No.12994 OF 2026

4^th MAY, 2026

Between:

Ch. Shiva Kumar & others

…Petitioners

AND

The Sub-Registrar,

Serilingampally,

Ranga Reddy District,

and others

… Respondents

O R D E R :

With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is

taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself.

2. Aggrieved by the inaction of respondent No.2 in not

entertaining and registering the deed of cancellation of

Development Agreement-cum-General Power of Attorney

earlier executed by the petitioners in favour of respondent

No.4 vide document No.3492 of 2017 dated 27.04.2017 in

respect of the land admeasuring 826 sq. yards situated in

H.No.1-97/2, Nallagandla Village, Serilingampally Mandal,

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Ranga Reddy District (in short ‘subject land’), and insisting

for physical presence of the petitioners for carrying out such

registration, the present Writ Petition is filed.

3. Heard Sri Vedula Venkat Ramana, learned Senior

Counsel, appearing for M/s.Bharadwaj Associates, learned

counsel for the petitioners, and learned Government Pleader

for Stamps and Registration, for respondents 1 to 3.

4. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners

submits that respondent No.2 is refusing to receive and

process the deed of cancellation of Development Agreement-

cum-General Power of Attorney dated 27.04.2017 executed in

respect of the subject land. Therefore, the learned senior

counsel prays this Court to issue suitable directions to

respondent No.2 for registering the subject document.

5. Learned Government Pleader submits that the official

respondents will follow the procedure contemplated under

Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908.

6. Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908 reads as

follows:

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Reasons for refusal to register to be recorded.—

(1) Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document,

except on the ground that the property to which it

relates is not situated within his sub-district shall

make an order of refusal and recorded his reasons

for such order in his Book No.2, and endorse the

words “registration refused” on the document; and,

on application made by any person executing or

claiming under the document, shall, without

payment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of

the reasons so recorded.

(2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a

document so endorsed unless and until, under the

provisions hereinafter contained, the document is

directed to be registered.

7. In view of the above submissions coupled with the

provision under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, this

Writ Petition is disposed of directing the Registering Authority

to receive and process the document sought to be presented

by the petitioners in respect of the subject land, subject to the

petitioners complying with the provisions of the Registration

Act, 1908 as well as the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. It will be

open to the Registering Authority to refuse the document

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presented before him, if he has any objection, duly assigning

reasons in support of such decision and communicate the

said decision to the petitioners. It is made clear that this

Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the case as

to the entitlement of the petitioners to get the subject

document registered.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand

closed. There shall be no order as to costs.

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PULLA KARTHIK, J

Date : 04.05.2026.

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