This is the Circular issued by the Revenue Department of Delhi vide File No.F.1(92)/Regn.Br./Div.Comm./2012/298 on dated 27/04/2012 regarding Attention of all the Registrar/Sub Registrar of Revenue Department regarding the judgment delivered by Hon’ble Supreme Court of India vide Order dt.11.10.2011 in the SLP No.13917 of 2009, the operational part of which is reproduced as below :-
That the section 54 and 55 of the Transfer of Property Act 1882, accordingly to which any contract of sale i.e. agreement to sale will not confer any title not transfer any interest in an immovable property except to the limited right granted under section 53A of transfer of property Act 1882.
It is clarified to all the Registrar/Sub Registrars, that on the basis of GPA, a WILL, and agreement to sell, collectively or separately in respect of an immovable property, a conveyance cannot be executed i.e. no transfer of property will take effect until unless a clear sale deed is executed and duly reigstered by the executants in the office of the Registration/Sub Registrar.