✦ Jharkhand High Court

Bhola Prasad v. The State of Jharkhand

JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 3357 of 2025RAJESH KUMAR

Case at a glance

Outcome

Allowed

In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands allowed and

Provisions considered

Key paragraphs

  • Para 44. In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands allowed and disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the concerned authority and the authority is supposed to proceed in accordance with law. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) Shahid/ uploaded

Judgment

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR .... For the Petitioners For the State 02/30.07.2025 : Mr. Sanjay Prasad Adv. : Mr. Sachin Kumar, AAG-II ....

1.

The present writ petition has been filed for following reliefs:- “a) For direction upon the respondents to remove the land from the list of prohibited property i.e. raiyati land of the petitioners situated at Mouza-177, C.S. Khata No.29, bearing C.S. Plot No. 517 in relation to three sale deed vide Nos. 6250 dated 08.08.2003, 5377 dated 03.10.2002 and 1649 dated

14.12.2010, displayed in respondents website namely National Generic Documents Registration System (NGDRS in short). b). For direction upon the respondents to accept rent and issue rent receipt to the petitioners in respect of the property purchased by the petitioners on the basis of sale deed nos.6250 dated 08.08.2003, 5377 dated

03.10.2002 and 1649 dated 14.12.2010.”

2.

It has been brought to the notice of this Court that Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 and the notification issued on the strength of Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 have already been quashed by the Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 09.05.2025 passed in W.P. (PIL) No.689 of 2021.

3.

Thus, the authorities are supposed not to act on the strength of Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908.

Operative part

4.

In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands allowed and disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the concerned authority and the authority is supposed to proceed in accordance with law. (Rajesh Kumar, J.) Shahid/ uploaded

Questions this judgment answers

What did the Court decide in this case?

The Court recorded the following disposition: In that view of the matter, the present writ petition stands allowed and

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Registration Act, 1908.

Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case

No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.

This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.

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