The petitioners claim to be the owners
of plot. in Survey No. admeasuring 107 square yards under Guntur
Municipality , Guntur
District. They intended to
sell the property and claim to have approached the first respondent with a
request to receive the document for registration. The grievance of the petitioners is
that the first respondent is refusing to receive the document for registration,
by treating the subject matter of the document as Wakf property. They seek appropriate
directions in this regard. Heard the learned
counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The Registering authority does not have the power to refuse to
receive a document. He can
certainly refuse registration, in case there exist valid grounds for it. Refusal to receive the document would
amount to abdication of duties. This
Court does not intend to express any view on the merits of the matter. Suffice it to say that the first
respondent shall entertain the document and process the same in accordance with
law.
Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of,
directing that-
(a) the first respondent shall
receive the document as and when presented by the petitioners;
(b) in case, the document can
be registered, the first respondent shall process the same and complete the
steps within four (4) weeks from the date of receiving the document; and
(c) if on the other hand, there
exist any grounds that enable the first respondent to refuse registration, he
shall communicate the same to the petitioners in writing within two (2) weeks
from the date of receiving the document. There shall be no order as to costs. The
miscellaneous petition filed in this writ petition also stands disposed of. The above case was argued by me on behalf of the petitioner and obtained favourable orders.