2025:JHHC:23890 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI (Civil Writ Jurisdiction) W.P. (C) No.1231 of 2025 ---- Saroj Singh, aged about 59 Years, W/o Umesh Kumar Singh, R/o ISM B-II, Qtr. No. 3, Karmik Nagar, Dhanbad, P.O. ISM, P.S. Saraidhela, District- Dhanbad. …. …. Petitioner(s) 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, Dhanbad, P.O & P.S Dhanbad, District Dhanbad; 4. The Deputy Collector Land Reforms, Dhanbad, having office at Dhanbad, P.O & P.S Dhanbad, District Dhanbad. 5. The Circle Officer, Dhanbad Circle, P.O. & P.S. Dhanbad, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand. 6. The Sub Registrar, Sub Registry Office, having Office at Dhanbad, P.O. & P.S. Dhanbad, District Dhanbad. …. …. Respondent(s) ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR ---- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Lukesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Sidharth Sudhanshu, Adv. For the Respondent(s) : Mr. Ashutosh Anand, A.A.G.-III ---- 04/Dated: 14th August, 2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed for following reliefs:- “(i) for issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of certiorari for quashing of order dated 03.01.2023 (Annexure 7) passed in Misc Case No. 01/2022 passed by the Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad, whereby and whereunder an application filed by the petitioner for releasing the land in question from prohibited list has been dismissed. (ii) for issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of certiorari for quashing the list of prohibited land (Annexure 5) issued for prohibition of registration of transfer of land, which is uploaded on the website of the Government of Jharkhand by The Revenue, Registration and Land Reforms Department, State of Jharkhand; (iii) for issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) directing the respondents to remove 2025:JHHC:23890 Page | 2 W.P. (C) No.1231 of 2025 the land in question from the prohibited list of National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS); (iv) for issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) particularly in the nature of mandamus commanding upon the respondent 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; (v) 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 petitioner to run from one office to another without there being any fault on the part of the petitioner and accept the sale deed so presented for registration of transfer of land in question by the respondent no. 6. (vi) for issuance of appropriate writ(s)/order(s)/direction(s) especially in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondents to take decision in terms of provisions contained in Section 71 of Registration Act, if the respondent is otherwise refusing to register the transfer deed in respect to the land in question so presented before.” 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 virus 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 order contained in Annexure-7 of the present writ petition as well as list of prohibited land (Annexure-5) are, hereby, quashed. 4. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of. 5. Pending interlocutory application, if any, also stands disposed of. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) Amar/- Uploaded