STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Registrar General of J and K High Court M.K Hanjura on Friday issued a circular regarding Registration and directed Principal District & Sessions Judges who are also Registrars of the concerned District shall conduct a periodical check up of the records maintained by the Sub-Registrars for the registration of the documents.
It has been observed that in the matter of the registration of the documents under different categories, the Sub-Registrars, particularly the ones in the twin Cities of Jammu and Srinagar and at other district headquarters, follow the procedure as thought expedient by each of them. In some places the procedure so adopted is not hassle free. It takes days together for the parties to get the documents registered. In order to obviate the difficulties faced by each such party and to streamline the procedure for the registration of the documents, each Sub-Registrar shall entertain the documents for registration half an hour before the closure of the Court on each preceding day. He/she shall prepare a list thereof and forward the same to the concerned Principal District Judge for record.
Each document entertained on the preceding day (including the ones received half an hour after the opening of the Court on that day), shall, if found in order, be registered on the next following working day.
In no case, except on grounds that are very cogent and recorded, shall the registration of a document be extended by more than a day. Should on scrutiny it appear to the Sub Registrar that the document suffers from any deficiency and cannot be admitted to registration, the reasons thereof shall be communicated to the party in writing. Any deviation of this Circular shall be viewed seriously.
Principal District Judges (Registrars) shall conduct a periodical check up of the records maintained by the Sub-Registrars for the registration of the documents. They shall also ensure the compliance of this Circular by the Sub-Registrars working in the areas of their jurisdiction.”