Bisikesana Narayan Moili Vs Smruti Subhadarsan Sahu,Sub-Registrar,Kukudakhandi,Ganjam — Orissa HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Bisikesana Narayan Moili Vs Smruti Subhadarsan Sahu,Sub-Registrar,Kukudakhandi,Ganjam — Orissa HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt petition dropped and disposed of finally; petitioner given liberty to book the slot by creating a new I.D. and to present the sale deed before the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam for registration, whereupon the Sub-Registrar shall act as per the Indian Registration Act, 1908 and the Orissa Registration Rules, 1988.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam was guilty of contempt for non-compliance of this Court's directions in W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025 to register the Petitioner's deed for sale presented on 07.04.2025.

Court's answer

Taking into account the submissions of learned counsel on both sides - that no slot for registration was booked on 07.04.2025 even though directions for registration of the deed stood in W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025 - the Court considered it proper to drop the contempt petition.

Ratio / Principle

Liberty was given to the petitioner to book the slot by creating a new I.D. and to present the sale deed before the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam to register the sale deed on that basis.

Key takeaways

Thereafter the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam shall act upon the presentation as per the Indian Registration Act, 1908 and the Orissa Registration Rules, 1988.ratio¶21
As per the prevailing practice, the slot is to be booked first and thereafter, on the basis of the serial number of the slot booking, the deed is to be registered.obiter¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt - non-compliance of writ directions - registration of sale deed. The Petitioner filed CONTC No.3410 of 2025 alleging non-compliance by the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam of this Court's directions in W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025 to register a deed for sale said to have been presented on 07.04.2025. The alleged contemnor showed cause through the learned standing counsel for the State that no deed was presented on that date, and learned counsel for the Petitioner conceded that although the deed was executed with E-Stamping, no registration slot was booked. Noting the prevailing practice that a slot must first be booked and the deed registered on the basis of the slot serial number, and taking the submissions of both sides into account, the Court (Ananda Chandra Behera, J.; order dated 16.10.2025) dropped the contempt petition and disposed it of finally, granting the petitioner liberty to book a slot by creating a new I.D. and to present the sale deed for registration, upon which the Sub-Registrar is to act as per the Indian Registration Act, 1908 and the Orissa Registration Rules, 1988.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.3410 of 2025

Bisikesana Narayan Moili .....

Petitioner

Represented By Adv. - Susanta Kumar Jethy, S.k.mishra

-versus-

Smruti Subhadarsan Sahu, Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam

..... Opposite Parties

Represented By Adv. - Mr.G.Mohanty, SC

CORAM:

MR. JUSTICE ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA

ORDER

16.10.2025

Order No.

1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

This contempt petition was filed by the Petitioner due to non-compliance of the directions of this Court by the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam passed in W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025.

In the order passed in W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025, the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam was directed to register the deed for sale, which was presented by the Petitioner before the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam on dated 07.04.2025.

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The alleged contemnor submitted show cause through the learned standing counsel for the State stating that, no deed was presented by the Petitioner on dated 07.04.2025 before him, for which, the question of denial to receive the same by the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam for registration does not arise.

The learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that, on dated 07.04.2025, though, the deed was executed for sale with E-Stamping by the Petitioner, but, no slot was booked for its registration.

As per the prevailing practice, the slot is to be booked first and thereafter on the basis of the serial number of the slot booking, the deed is to be registered.

When, it is the submissions of the learned counsel for the Petitioner that, no slot for registration was booked on 07.04.2025 and when directions was given in the order of W.P.(C) No.12131 of 2025 for registration of the deed for sale of the Petitioner, then, by taking into account to the submissions of the learned counsels of both the sides, it if felt proper to drop this contempt petition filed by the Petitioner giving liberty to the petitioner to book the slot creating a new I.D. and to present the sale deed before the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam to register the sale deed on that basis and thereafter, the Sub-Registrar, Kukudakhandi, Ganjam shall act upon the same as per the Indian Registration Act, 1908 and the Orissa Registration Rules, 1988.

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As such, the contempt petition is disposed of finally.

( ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA) Judge

Binayak

Signature Not Verified

Digitally Signed Signed by: BINAYAK SAHOO Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa, C utta ck Date: 17-Oct-2025 12:21:33

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