Private Property Registry cannot be arrested unless they are under section 22-A of the Registration Law: HC

Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy of the Superior Court of Telangana on Thursday (February 06) ordered the state government, including income officials and registration departments, which complete the record of 1.26 acres of land in Bachupally in the Malkajiri medchal district if the Documents presented by the buyer and the seller was in order.

The judge observed in his verdict that the law was established that the State and its authorities “have no power to include private properties in the list of prohibited properties, unless they fall into the categories provided for in section 22-A of the Registry . Act”. The owner of the Earth T. Venkata Subbiah and buyer T. Prashanth, a businessman, transferred the HC indicating that the registration of the property was stagnated by the authorities even after presenting all the documents before the office of the sub -registration in question .

The petitioners argued that the buyer had paid registration charges of ₹ 30 Lakh and reserved the slot for the registration of the property having submitted all the documents. The petitioners accused that the commissioner head of land administration at the request of a private person blocked the state of transaction of the property.

In addition, no notice was issued before changing the status of the property. There was no specific government instruction that prohibits the registration of the land, argued his lawyer. The property was not included in the list of prohibited properties under section 22-A of the Registration Law-1908, the petitioners affirmed.