Justice T S Sivagnanam, allowing the petition filed by a property owner at Melakarur, quashed the sub-registrar's order, dated July 24, 2014, directing the petitioner to pay the deficit stamp duty for the property purchased in 2010.
The judge said the petitioner had purchased the property and registered the sale deed on April 30, 2010.The sub-registrar registered the document and released it.
After four years, the petitioner received a demand notice for Rs 50,279 towards deficit stamp duty.The petitioner said the sub-registrar was not legally authorised to make such a claim.
Besides, no proceedings were initiated under Sec 47-A of Indian Stamp Act which empowered the sub-registrar not to release the sale deed and refer the issue to the collector for determining the stamp duty, the judge said.