Pawan Kumar Kejriwal v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary Deptt of Registration Revenue and Land Reforms
Case brief
What is this about?
Registrar power to cancel registered sale deed; fraudulent registration; impersonation; forged document; Circular No.16930; Circular No.930 dated 21.09.2016; Deputy Commissioner-cum-Registrar; Registration Act 1908 Sections 17, 18, 19-22, 32, 35, 48, 49, 68, 82, 83; Specific Relief Act Sections 31, 34; General Clauses Act Section 21; Article 162; Article 166(3); Article 77; executive order ultra vires; functus officio; nemo dat quod non habet; multiplicity of proceedings; conflicting orders; FIR direction; index-II annotation; presumption of valid execution; title passing on registration; Jharkhand; Deoghar; Giridih; Bokaro; Ranchi; Seraikella Kharsawan; writ petitions allowed; remedy before Civil Court; Gautam Kumar Choudhary; C.A.V. 28.11.2023; pronounced 11.01.2024.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed; the impugned Circular conferring cancellation power on the Registrar set aside along with the miscellaneous cases instituted, notices issued and orders passed under it, including the consequential order for institution of FIR; cancellation orders of sale deeds under challenge in the writ petitions also set aside; party aggrieved to have remedy before the Civil Court.