Ms Shakambari Builders P Limited Represented through Its Director Shri Pawan Bajaj v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary Deptt of Registration Revene and Land Reforms
Case brief
What is this about?
Registrar; cancellation of registered sale deed; annulment of registration; fraudulent registration; impersonation; forged document; imposter; Circular No.16930; Circular No.930 dated 21.09.2016; Index-II annotation; FIR; Registration Act 1908 Sections 17, 18, 19-22, 32, 35, 48, 49, 68, 82, 83; Specific Relief Act Sections 31, 34; Section 21 General Clauses Act; Articles 77, 162, 166 Constitution of India; functus officio; nemo dat quod non habet; presumption of valid execution; multiplicity of proceedings; conflicting orders; executive order versus statutory scheme; quashing; writ petitions allowed; Jharkhand; Deoghar; Ranchi; Giridih; Bokaro; Seraikella Kharsawan; Satya Pal Anand; Prem Singh v. Birbal; Suhrid Singh; Deccan Paper Mills; Yanala Malleshwari; Shree Sidhbali Steels; Industrial Infrastructure Development Corpn; Indian National Congress (I)
What did the court decide?
Impugned Circular No.16930 vesting cancellation power on the Registrar set aside, together with all miscellaneous cases instituted, notices issued, cancellation orders passed under it and the consequential direction for institution of F.I.R.; cancellation of sale deeds by the Registrar under challenge in the writ petitions also set aside; party aggrieved to seek remedy before the Civil Court; interlocutory applications disposed of.