2025:JHHC:19321 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P. (C) No. 228 of 2024 Vijay Kumar Agarwal, son of Mange Ram Agarwal, resident of Karkend Bazar, Gola Patti, P.O.- Kusunda, P.S.- Putki, District- Dhanbad … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad 3. The Sub-Registrar, Sub-Registry Office, Dhanbad 4. The Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Dhanbad 5. The Circle Officer, Dhanbad Circle …. … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR For the Petitioner : Mr. Lukesh Kumar, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Manoj Kumar, G.A.-III Mr. Rakesh Kumar Roy, A.C. to G.A.-III Order No. 10 Dated: 16.07.2025 The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondent no. 3 to accept the sale deeds in question presented by the petitioner for registration and not to refuse the same without assigning any reason. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue raised in the present writ petition is covered by the judgement dated 01.05.2025 rendered by learned Division Bench of this Court in the case of Chotanagpur Diocesan Trust Association (CNTDA) & Anr. Vs. State of Jharkhand & Ors. [W.P.(C) No. 5088 of 2018] and other analogous cases reported in 2025:JHHC:13251-DB (neutral citation number). 3. Mr. Manoj Kumar, learned G.A.-III appearing on behalf of the respondents, accepts the said submission of learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. Since the issue raised in the present writ petition has already been decided vide judgment dated 01.05.2025 2 rendered by learned Division Bench of this Court in the case of Chotanagpur Diocesan Trust Association (supra) and other analogous cases, the writ petition is also disposed of in terms with the said judgment. 5. The petitioner is at liberty to present the sale deeds in question before the respondent no. 3 for registration which shall be admitted by the said respondent keeping in view that Section 22A of the Registration Act, 1908, as amended by the Bihar Amendment Act 6 of 1991 and adopted by the State of Jharkhand, as well as the consequential notification issued thereunder being notification no. 1132 dated 26.08.2015 have been struck down and all orders passed by the Sub-Registrars or the officials of the Registration Department pursuant to the said notification dated 26.08.2015 have also been set aside by learned Division Bench of this Court in the aforesaid case, if there is no other legal impediment. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) Ritesh/