► f APHC010349282025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI . (Special Original Jurisdiction) il i ■ WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 17523 OF 2025 Between: 1. Munagala Vitobayanamma, W/o. Late Sri Gopal Naidu, Aged 74 Years, Occ; House Wife, R/o. Anjuru Village and Post, KVB Puram Mandal, Tirupati District. 2. Cherukuru Aneel, S/o. Ch. Gunnaiah, Age 40 years, Occ: Private Employee R/o. Bheemavaram Village, Poll Post, Srikalahasti Mandal, Tirupati District ...Petitioners AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by the Principal Secretary (Stamps and Registration) Department, Velagapudi, Amaravati, A.P. 2. The Inspector General, Stamps and Registrations Department Tadepalle, Guntur District. 3. The District Registrar, Tirupati, Tirupati District. 4. The Sub Registrar, KVP Puram Mandal, Tirupati District. Revenue Secretariat, ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or writs or order or orders one more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 4th respondent in not - r deed dated 25.06.2025 receiving, registering and releasing the sale presented by the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the 4'*^ respondent to forthwith receive register and release the sale deed dated 25.06.2025 presented by the petitioners. lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 4**^ respondent to receive and process register the sale deed date 25.06.2025 presented by the petitioners, pending disposal of the main writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI DHANUNJAYA BARU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REGISTRATION AND STAMPS The Court made the following order: A THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO WRIT PETITION No. 17523 of 2025 ORDER: The present Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief: “...to issue a writ or wirts or order or orders one more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 4*^ respondent in not receiving, registering and releasing the sale deed dated 25.06.2025 presented by the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the 4**^ respondent to forthwith receive, register and release the sale deed dated 25.06.2025 presented by the petitioners and to pass ...” The grievance of the petitioner is that the 4*'^ respondent is not receiving and registering sale deed dated 25.06.2025 of the 2. petitioner. Aggrieved by the same, the present Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to receive and process the sale deed dated 25.06.2025, forregistration 3. Under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, every Sub- Registrar shall record reasons of refusal and record his reasons for such order in his Book No.2, and endorse the words ‘registration refused’ on the document. 4. As per Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, the respondent is obligated to receive or refuse the document by a reasoned order and he cannot keep it pending without passing any order. 5. Therefore, the present Writ Petition is disposed of directing the 4 respondent to receive the document, register and release the document if it is in accordance with law and if it is not fit for registration, the 4**^ respondent is directed to record accordance with law and communicate the same to the petitioner herein. It goes without saying that it must be done within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of the order. There shall be order as to costs. reasons in no As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if shall stand closed. any. Sd/- B PRASADA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 2. The Inspector General, Tadepalle, Guntur District.’ 4 Tirupati, Tirupati District. 4. The Sub Registrar, KVP Puram Mandal, , „ 5. One CC to Sri Dhanunjaya Baru, Advocate 6. Two CCs to GP for Registration Pradesh [OUT] 7. Two CD Copies Stamps and Registrations Department, Tirupati District. [OPUC] and Stamps, High Court of Andhra Cnr HIGH COURT DATED: 10/09/2025 5 0( OCT 2025 ORDER WP NO. 17523 OF 2025 mi. *» Current sectior . DISPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS