2025:JHHC:36687 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No.6992 of 2025 .... 1. Uma Shankar Singh, aged about 75 years, Son of Late Gouri Shankar Singh, Resident of Village Dharmu, P.O. & P.S. Ichak, District-Hazaribag 2. Ganesh Narayan Singh, aged about 78 years, Son of Late Gouri Shankar Singh, Resident of Village Dharmu, P.O. & P.S. Ichak, District-Hazaribag .… Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Secretary, Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department, having office at Project Building, P.O. Dhurwa, P.S. Jagannathpur, District-Ranchi 3. The Deputy Commissioner, Hazaribag, P.O. & P.S. Sadar, District-Hazaribag 4. The Circle Officer, Ichak Circle, P.O. & P.S. Ichak, District-Hazaribag 5. The Sub Registrar, Sub Registry Office, having office at Hazaribag, P.O. & P.S. Sadar, District-Hazaribag .... Respondents .... CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR For the Petitioners : Mr. Lukesh Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. Ashutosh Anand, AAG-III .... 02/08.12.2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- “i. For issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of certiorari for quashing the list of prohibited land (Annexure 8) issued for prohibition of registration of transfer of land by The Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department, State of Jharkhand for the land situated at Mouza Kutumsukari, Thana No. 43, Circle Ichak, Khata No. 291, Plot No. 7, area measuring 4.66 Decimals within the district Hazaribag. ii. For issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) directing the respondents to remove the land in question from the prohibited list of National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS). iii. For issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of mandamus commanding upon the respondents not to refuse registration of the land in question in the garb of showing the land in question in prohibited list unilaterally prepared by the respondents; iv. For issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of mandamus commanding upon the respondents not to harass the petitioner and not let the petitioners to run from one office to another without there being any fault on the part of the 2025:JHHC:36687 2 W.P.(C) No.6992 of 2025 petitioners and accept the sale deed so presented for registration of transfer of land in question by the respondent no. 5.” 2. The action of the State is based upon the notification No. 1132 dated 26.08.2015, which is on the basis of Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908. The Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 has already been declared ultra vires by the Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.05.2025, passed in W.P.(C) No. 5088 of 2018 and analogous cases. 3. In view of the order dated 01.05.2025 of the Division Bench of this Court, the impugned list of prohibited land as contained in Annexure-8 of the present writ petition, is hereby quashed and set aside so far as the present writ petitioners are concerned. 4. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of. 5. However, the petitioners are at liberty to approach the concerned authority for their remedy and the authority is directed to consider the same as per the law. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) 08.12.2025 Shahid/ Uploaded on 10.12.2025