Cuttack, April 25: In a landmark ruling, the Orissa High Court on Friday issued an order that a Sub-Registrar does not have the authority to cancel a registered document.
Once a document got registered, no registration authority has the power to revoke it, the ruling said.
Citing the limits of power that a Sub-Registrar can exercise, a bench of the Orissa High Court ruled that a registration solemnized by a competent authority can’t be cancelled by the Sub-Registrar himself. It’s beyond his power, the ruling underlined.
According to a case record, one petitioner Rashmita Sahu had registered a piece of land in her name on April 28, 2008. However, in 2011, the seller applied unilaterally for a cancellation and prayed to revoke the sale.
Acting on the submission, the authorities i.e the Sub-Registrar accepted the request and cancelled the earlier registration.
Challenging the action Rashmita Sahu moved the High Court and prayed for justice.
Hearing the matter, the High Court Bench in its ruling said that the registered documents can’t be cancelled at the end of the Sub-Registrar and the status of the registered documents can’t be revoked.
