(1.) HEARD Sri Gulab Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner.
(2.) A sale deed was executed on 15.9.2008. It was presented for registration before the Sub-Registrar on 25.11.2011. The Sub-Registrar by the impugned order dated 5.12.2011 refused to register the sale deed on the ground that it was not presented for registration within four months of its execution as stipulated under Section 23 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as 'Act') or even within another four months as provided under Section 25 of the Act.