of 50 cents has been apportioned as private passage and he had offered to sell both 2 acre 93 cents and 50 cents for Rs.17,58,000/- and Rs.1,00,000/- respectively, which offer was accepted by the petitioners and they paid the entire sale consideration to the third respondent and acquitted them from any further payment for the conveyance of the aforesaid lands. Therefore, sale deeds dated 25.5.2012 with respect to both the properties were executed between the petitioners and the third respondent at the office of the second respondent in the presence of witnesses and the documents were presented for registration on the same day between 12 noon and 1.00 pm. On scrutinizing the documents, the second respondent directed the parties to come by 2.00 or 2.15 pm. However, the third respondent, inspite of repeated phone calls from the petitioners, failed to appear before the second respondent to admit the execution and registration of the documents and hence, the documents were kept pending. Therefore, the petitioners sought for compulsory registration and thereby notices were sent to the third respondent by the second respondent, and hence, the second respondent returned the documents refusing to register the same. Aggrieved against the same, the petitioners have filed appeal Nos.1/2012 and 2/2012 under section 72(1) of the Registration Act, 1908, before the first respondent alongwith application under section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay of 32 days delay in filing the appeals by assigning valid and bona fide reasons. However, the first respondent had passed orders on 30.11.2012, rejecting the appeals on the ground that they were barred by limitation. Hence, the present writ petition has been filed.
