date no notice was served on the respondents in the said second appeal. Therefore, in the absence of interim order in the second appeal, first respondent cannot refuse to register the documents stating that unless the petitioner obtains NOC from the Commissioner, H.R & C.E., the document cannot be registered. Further, in my considered opinion the first respondent can deny registration of document only by conducting enquiry on the grounds enumerated in the Rule 55 of the Registration Rules, 1908 and therefore, the Authority concerned is bound to act only in accordance with the Act and Rules framed thereunder. Therefore, I do not find any justification in the impugned order dated 21.11.2014 passed by the first respondent refusing to register the document presented by the petitioner. Accordingly, the impugned order dated 21.11.2014 is set aside and this Writ Petition is allowed. The first respondent is directed to register the sale deed executed by the petitioner in respect of housing plot measuring 1293.75 sq.ft in Plot No.2 in E.M.S.Nagar in Survey No.156/3A, Ponmeni Village, Madurai South Taluk, Madurai District, if the said document is otherwise eligible for registration within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.”
