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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.16515 of 2026

Dated 6^th May, 2026.

Between:

Mohammed Taj Khan Taji

… Petitioner

AND

The State of Telangana,

Rep. by its Principal Secretary,

Stamps and Registration Department,

Secretariat, Hyderabad, and three others.

… Respondents

ORDER:

Aggrieved by the action of the respondents in refusing to

receive, register and release the Sale Deed dated 05.05.2026,

presented by the petitioner, in respect of the land admeasuring an

extent of 263 sq.yds., in Sy.No.309/E, situated at Theegalaguttapalli

Grampanchayat Revenue Village, Arepally Revenue Mandal,

Karimnagar District, , the present writ petition is filed.

2. Heard Sri D. Satyanarayana, learned counsel appearing for the

petitioner, and Ms. S. Sravanthi, learned Assistant Government

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Pleader for Stamps and Registration, appearing for the respondents.

With their consent, the writ petition is taken up for disposal at

admission stage.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per Section

71 of the Registration Act, 1908, the Sub Registrar is obligated to

receive and process the document presented before him. However, in

the present case, respondent No.3 herein is refusing to receive,

register and release the sale deed dated 05.05.2026, presented by the

petitioner in respect of the subject land, without any valid or

justifiable reasons. Therefore, learned counsel seeks indulgence of

this Court to issue necessary directions to the respondents.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader fairly submits that the

respondents will follow the procedure contemplated under Section 71

of the Registration Act, 1908.

5. The following is the relevant extract of Section 71 of the

Registration Act, 1908.

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

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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.

6. In view of the submissions made by the respective parties,

coupled with the provision under Section 71 of the Registration Act,

1908, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the Registering

Authority to receive and process the document sought to be presented

by the petitioner in respect of the subject property, subject to

compliance 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 presented before him, if he has any

objection, duly assigning reasons in support of such decision and

communicate a copy of the said decision to the petitioner. It is made

clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on merits of the

case as to the entitlement of the petitioner to get the subject

document registered. It is also made clear that mere registration of

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the document does not confer title on the subject property and this

order would not have any bearing on all those matters where

title/rights of the parties are pending, if any, before the authorities,

either in revision/appeals for adjudication, and in any other case, this

order also shall not preclude the parties in asserting their rights

before a competent Court of law.

Miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this writ petition,

shall stand closed. No costs.

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JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

Date: 06.05.2026.

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