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CSJ   05 August 2026

Certified copies denied by mro

Hi, am a resident of Telangana state. 
I have applied for CC(certified copies) of sale deeds of my agricultural land at a local MRO office. 
But the MRO/Tahsildhar has provided only plain xerox copies of sale deeds without any certified attestation, quoting the below reasons :

1.Since I told him I require these for court submission, he said that he will not certify them because I'm going to submit in court.
2. And since these sale deeds were done during previous Tahsildhar's tenure, so he will not certify them. Only deeds which are registered during his tenure only, he will certify and issue.

Are these valid reasons to reject my CC copies application?
How to proceed further, please help.



Quick Summary
A Telangana resident was denied certified copies of their sale deeds by the MRO, who cited the intended court submission and the previous Tahsildhar's tenure as reasons. The resident questions the validity of these reasons. Further discussion clarifies that in Telangana, property documents are registered at the Sub-Registrar's Office, though the MRO may also act as a Joint Sub-Registrar. The core issue is whether the MRO's refusal to certify documents not registered during their tenure is lawful.

 7 Replies

kavksatyanarayana (subregistrar/supdt.(retired))     05 August 2026

Any property documents are registered at the concerned Sub-Registrar's Office.  Tahsildar cannot register the documents in Telangana.  It seems that your query is hypothetical.

CSJ   05 August 2026

No sir, here MRO is both Tahsildhar cum Joint Sub-Registrar, and those deeds were registered at the same office few years back.

P. Venu (Advocate)     05 August 2026

"MRO is both Tahsildhar cum Joint Sub-Registrar"! is it really true? 


CSJ   05 August 2026

Originally posted by : P. Venu
"MRO is both Tahsildhar cum Joint Sub-Registrar"! is it really true? 

yes sir, why so surprised. It's common in most of the mandals of Telangana state.

Dr. J C Vashista (Advocate )     06 August 2026

Few states appoint same officer to function as Tehsildar as well as Sub-Registrar.

However, providing attested /certified copy of the registered document has to be issued by present incumbant Offcerin-Charge (Sub-Registrar) under the provisions of Section 57 of The Registration Act, 1908.

P. Venu (Advocate)     06 August 2026

If so, the said authority is bound by the provisions of the Registration Act. Moreover, such applications could be filed online. Submit the application and let the authority deny in writing.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     06 August 2026

The photo copy of the registration document issued by the concerned MRO cum SRO with a seal of his office is legally valid document to produce before court .

If necessary you can file an application through court summoning the authorities to provide the requested documents following procedures of law.


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