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The Telangana High Court has ruled that registered sale deeds cannot be cancelled unilaterally and set aside 17 cancellation deeds executed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The court held that once ownership rights are transferred through a registered conveyance, they can only be revoked through due legal process and not by one party acting alone. It observed that disputes over title or alleged irregularities must be resolved through competent courts, reaffirming the legal sanctity of registered property transactions.
The Telangana High Court has held that registered sale deeds cannot be cancelled unilaterally and has set aside 17 cancellation deeds executed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), reaffirming that property rights created through registered conveyances can only be altered through due legal process.
The case arose from a dispute involving land parcels in Hyderabad that had been sold by GHMC through duly registered sale deeds. Several years after the transactions were completed, the civic body executed cancellation deeds without obtaining the consent of the purchasers or securing an order from a competent court. The affected parties challenged the move before the High Court.
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy observed that once title and ownership rights are transferred through a registered sale deed, those rights cannot be extinguished by a unilateral action of one of the parties to the transaction. The court noted that neither the Registration Act nor established legal principles permit such cancellations without following prescribed legal procedures.
Referring to earlier judicial precedents, including decisions of the Supreme Court and various High Courts, the bench said any dispute relating to title, ownership, alleged irregularities or fraud must be adjudicated by a competent civil court. Administrative or unilateral actions cannot substitute the judicial process required for resolving such disputes.
The court also pointed out that allowing authorities or individuals to revoke registered sale deeds on their own would create uncertainty in property ownership and undermine confidence in the registration system. It emphasised that registered documents carry legal sanctity and cannot be invalidated except through due process.
Accordingly, the High Court quashed all 17 cancellation deeds executed by GHMC and held that the original registered sale deeds would continue to remain valid. The judgment clarified that cancellation of a completed property transaction requires either mutual consent of the parties or an order from a competent court.
Legal experts believe the ruling reinforces long-established principles governing property transactions and provides greater certainty to buyers and landowners. The judgment is also expected to serve as a reference in similar disputes involving unilateral cancellation of conveyance deeds by government agencies, local bodies or private parties.
The decision reiterates that rights arising from registered sale deeds are protected under law and that any challenge to such rights must be addressed through established judicial mechanisms rather than unilateral administrative measures.
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