Section89
The Registration Act, 1908

Copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed

In force From 01 Jan 1909 Act 16 of 1908 As on 15 Oct 2026

Act 16 of 1908 Ministry Rural Development Enacted 18 Dec 1908 In force 01 Jan 1909 Cited by 5 provisions

Section 89 of the Registration Act, 1908 deals with copies of certain orders, certificates and instruments to be sent to registering officers and filed. Every officer granting a loan under the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (19 of 1883), shall send a copy of his order to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the land to be improved or of the land to be granted as collateral security, is situ The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1909.

(1) Every officer granting a loan under the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (19 of 1883), shall send a copy of his order to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the land to be improved or of the land to be granted as collateral security, is situate, and such registering officer shall file the copy in his Book No. 1.

(2) Every Court granting a certificate of sale of immovable property under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), shall send a copy of such certificate to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property comprised in such certificate is situate, and such officer shall file the copy in his Book No. 1.

(3) Every officer granting a loan under the Agriculturists Loans Act, 1884 (12 of 1884), shall send a copy of any instrument whereby immovable property is mortgaged for the purpose of securing the repayment of the loan, and, if any such property is mortgaged for the same purpose in the order granting the loan, a copy also or that order, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the property so mortgaged is situate, and such registering officer shall file the copy or copies as the case may be, in his Book No. 1.

Exemption from Act

(4) Every Revenue Officer granting a certificate of sale to the purchaser of immovable property sold by public auction shall send a copy of the certificate to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property comprised in the certificate is situate, and such officer shall file the copy in his Book No. 1.

STATE AMENDMENTS

Karnataka

Insertion of new section 89A.--After section 89 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted namely:--

89A. Power to make rules for filing of copies of documents.--(1) The State Government may make rules for all purposes connected with the filing of true copies of documents in the appropriate books under this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for--

(a) the furnishing of true copies of documents by the person presenting the documents for registration;

(b) the manner in which true copies of documents shall be prepared; and

(c) the manner of filing of such copies.

(3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette, and unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are so published.

(4) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule."

[Vide Karnataka Act 55 of 1976, s. 20]

Kerala

Amendment of section 89.--In section 89 of the principal Act, --

(a) sub-section (1) and (3) shall be omitted.

(b) after sub-section (4), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:--

"(5) Every court passing

(a) any decree or order creating, declaring, transferring, limiting or extinguishing and right, title or interest to or in immovable property in favour of or of any person, or

(b) an order for the attachment of immovable property or of the release of any immovable property from attachment,

Shall send a copy of such decree or order together with a memorandum describing the property, as far as may be practicable in the manner required by section 21, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property comprised in such decree or order is situate, and such officer shall file the copy and memorandum in his Book No. 1.

(6) Every officer issuing a written demand before the attachment of the immovable property of a defaulter under the Revenue Recovery Act of the time being in force shall--

(a) send a copy of such written demand together with a memorandum describing the property, as far as may be practicable in the manner required by section 21; and

(b) where such written demand is withdrawn or attachment of the property is lifted or the property is sold and the sale is confirmed, send a memorandum indicating that fact and describing the property, as far as may be practicable in the manner required by section 21, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any party of the immovable property to which the written demand relates is situate and such registering officer shall fiel the copy of the written demand and the memoranda I his Book No. 1.

[Vide Kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 17]

Insertion of new section 89A.--After section 89 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

89A. Power to make rules for filing of true copies of documents.--(1) The State Government may make rules for all purposes connected with the filing of true copies of documents in the appropriate books under this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for--

(a) the manner in which true copies of documents shall be prepared; and

(b) the manner of filing such copies.

(3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette and unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are so published.

(4) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that rule should not be made, the rule thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

[Vide kerala Act 7 of 1968, s. 18]

Orissa

Insertion of new section 89A (Act 16 of 1908).--After section 89 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), the following new section shall be inserted, namely:--

89-A. Duty of Collector in proceedings under section 47-A of the Indian Stamps Act, 1899 (2 of 1899).--(1) It shall be the duty of the Collector, if he is satisfied during the proceedings, if any, under section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899) that the fees for registration paid under this Act in respect of a document is in deficit, to determine in the course of such proceedings the deficient amount of fees and to send a copy of the order made in the proceedings to the registering officer for recovery of the said amount from the person liable to pay the deficient amount of stamp duty under the said section; and all amounts recoverable as aforesaid may be recovered as arrears of land revenue.

(2) An order of the Collector under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be an order made by the Collector under section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (2 of 1899) and shall be final subject to the decision in appeal, if any, under sub-section (3) of the said section.

[Vide Orissa Act 17 of 1966, s. 2]

Orissa

Insertion of new section 89.-- In the principal Act, after section 89-A, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

89-B. Power of State Government to make rules.--(1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for all purposes connected with the filing of true copies of documents in the appropriate books under this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for,--

(a) the furnishing of true copies of documents by the person presenting the documents for registration;

(b) the furnishing of true copies of documents by the person presenting the documents for registration;

(c) the manner of filing such copies.

[Vide Orissa Act 14 of 1989, s. 15]

Orissa

Amendment of section 89-A.--In Section 89-A of the principal Act, in Sub-section (1), for the words and to send a copy of the order made in the proceedings to the registering officer for the recovery of the said amount, the words and to recover the said amount of fees along with the deficient amount of stamp duty shall be substituted.

[Vide Orissa Act 8 of 2002, s. 8]

Uttarakhand

Amendment of section 89./Sub-section (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 89 of the Principal Act shall be substituted as follows; namely:-

(1) Every officer granting a loan under the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (XIX of 1883) shall send a copy of his order to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole, or any part of the land to be improved, or the land to be granted as collated security, is situate, and such registering officer shall take a similar action on it as taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of section 61.

(2) Every Court granting a certificate of sale of immovable property under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), shall send a copy of such certificate to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immoveable property, comprised in such certificate, is situate and such officer shall take a similar action on it as taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of section 61.

(3) Every officer granting a loan under the Agriculturists Loans Act, 1884 (XII of 1884) shall send a copy of any instrument whereby immovable property is mortgaged for the purpose of securing the repayment of the loan and if any such property is mortgaged for the same purpose, in the order granting the loan, a copy, also the order, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, the whole or any part of the property mortgaged is situate and such registering officer shall take a similar action on it as taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of section 61.

(4) Every Revenue Officer granting a certificate of sale to the purchase of immovable property, sold by public auction, shall send a copy of the certificate to the registering officer, within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, the whole or any part of the property comprised in the certificate is situate and such officer shall take a similar action on it as taken on a document admitted to registration under sub-section (1) of section 61.

[Vide Uttarakhand Act 24 of 2019, s. 24].

Rajasthan

Amendment of section 89, Central Act XVI of 1908.-In section 89 of the principal Act, after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be added, namely:-

(5) Every Bank granting a loan to an agriculturist for agricultural purposes, shall send within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, a copy of any instrument whereby immovable property is mortgaged for the purpose of securing repayment of the loan, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the property so mortgaged is situate, and such registering officer shall file the copy in his Book No. 1.

Explanation.- F or the purpose of sub-section (5),- (a) the expression ''every bank shall mean-

(i) a banking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;

(ii) the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955;

(iii) a subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959

(iv) a corresponding new bank constituted under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1970;

(v) a banking institution notified by the Central Government under section 51 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;br

(vi) the Agricultural Refinance Corporation constituted under the Agricultural Re-finance Corporation Act, 1963;

(vii) Agro-Industries Corporation ;

(viii) Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd.; a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956; and

(ix) any other financial institution notified by the State government in the Official Gazette as a bank for the purpose of this Act.

(b) the word agriculturist shall have the meaning assigned to it in sub-section ( 3) of section 5 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955).

[Vide Rajasthan Act 16 of 1976, s. 5]

Gujarat Insertion of new sections 89A, 89B, 89C and 89D in XVI of 1908. -- In the principal Act, after section 89, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:-

"89A. Copies of court decrees, attachment orders, etc., to be sent to Registering Officers and filed in registers. -- Every court passing,--

(a) any decree or order creating, declaring, transferring, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest to or in immovable property in favour of any person, or

(b) an order to interim attachment or attachment of immovable property or for the release of any immovable property from such attachment shall, in accordance with the rules made in this behalf,

shall send a copy of such decree or order together with a memorandum describing the property as far as may be practicable, in the manner required by section 21, to the Registering Officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property comprised in such decree or order, is situated, and such officer shall file the copy of the memorandum in his Book No 1:

Provided that, where the immovable property is situated within the local limits of the jurisdiction of more than one Registering Officer, the procedure specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this sub-section shall be followed in respect of the property within the jurisdiction of each of such officer.

(2) Every officer issuing a certificate of sale or a written demand before the attachment of the immovable property of a defaulter under the provisions of any law relating to Revenue Recovery for the time being in force including the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890, shall,-

(a) send a copy of such certificate of sale or written demand together with a memorandum describing the property, as far as may be practicable, in the manner required by section 21;

(b) where such written demand is withdrawn or attachment of property is lifted or the property sold and sale is confirmed, send a memorandum indicating that fact and describing that property, as far as may be practicable, in the manner required section 21, to the Registering Officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the immovable property to which the written demand is situate, and such registering officer shall file a copy of the written demand and memorandum in his Book No 1:

Provided that, where the immovable property is situate within the local limits of the jurisdiction of more than one Registering Officer, the procedure specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this sub-section shall be followed in respect of the property within the jurisdiction of each of such officers.

"89B. Notice to be sent to Registering Officers by mortgag or in case of mortgage by depositing title deeds and provisions for compensation in favour of subsequent transferee."-- (l) Every person who has mortgaged immovable property by way of mortgage by depositing title deeds under clause (f) of section 58 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882) shall, within 30 days from the date of mortgaged, file a notice of intimation of his having so mortgaged the property giving details of his name and address, name and address of mortgagee, date of mortgage, amount received under the mortgage, rate of interest payable, list of documents deposited, and description of the immovable property in the manner required by section 21, to the registering officer within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the whole or any part of the property is situated, and the said officer shall file the same in his cook No 1:

Provided that if the property so mortgaged falls within the jurisdiction of more than one registering officer, the procedure specified in this sub-section shall be followed in respect of property within the jurisdiction of each of sum officers.

(2) If, the person who has mortgaged the property as aforesaid fails to file a notice within 30 days as referred to in sub-section (1) before the registering officer or officers, as the case may be and enters into any transaction in relation to of affecting the immovable property which is subject matter of the mortgage, with a third party, such a transaction shall be void and the third party shall been titled to refund any amount paid by him together with interest at twelve per cent. from the date of payment and also to compensation for any damages suffered by him, from the transferor.

(3) The amount recoverable by such transferee as specified in sub-section (2) shall be a charge on the interest of the mortgagor, in the mortgaged property:

Provided that, nothing in this section shall apply to the instruments of agreement relating to mortgage by deposit of title deeds which are duly registered under the provisions of this Act.

89C. Punishment for failure to file notice under section 89B. --Any person who fails to file a notice under section 89B to the registering officer along with fees, within the period specified in that section, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one years but which may be for a term which may be extend upto three years and shall also be liable to fine.

89D. Power to make rules for filing of true copies of documents notices referred in sections 89A and 89B. --(1) The State Government in any, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of section 89A and section 8 9B.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for,-

(a) the manner in which notices or the copies of documents shall be prepared, and

(b) the manner of filing of the notices or true copies.

(3) All rules made under this section shall, be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modifications as the Strife Legislature may make, during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.

(4) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.

[ Vide Gujarat Act 4 of 2020, s. 7 ]

Section 89, The Registration Act, 1908 (Act 16 of 1908).

Cross-references

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Related judgements & precedents

These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.

  1. State of Punjab v. Ferrous Alloy Forgings Pvt. Ltd.

    Supreme Court of India 19 Nov 2024 Binding (Supreme Court) Reportable Civil Appeal No. 12527 of 2024 (SC); Judgement 19.11.2024

    Court's Decision & Legal Precedent

    Court auction sale certificate is evidence of title, not a stampable conveyance; filing a copy with the Sub-Registrar under Registration Act s.89(4) Book I is sufficient and has registration effect; stamp duty arises only if original is presented for registration. DATE VERIFIED Judgement 2024-11-19 (order-48.pdf).

    On this section: s.89(4) Book-I filing of auction sale-certificate copy is sufficient; not a stampable conveyance for mere filing.

    Read the full order on eCourts India

  2. Vishal Laxman Arkal v. Inspector General of Registration

    High Court 17 Jun 2025 Persuasive (High Court) WP(C) No. 114 of 2025 (Bom HC); Final Order 17.06.2025

    Court's Decision & Legal Precedent

    SARFAESI auction sale certificate is not compulsorily registrable; mere Book-I filing under Registration Act s.89(4) attracts no stamp duty (applies Ferrous Alloy). DATE VERIFIED Final Order 2025-06-17 (order-5.pdf); body auction dates are transaction facts, not order-date mismatch.

    On this section: SARFAESI sale certificate Book-I filing under s.89(4) without stamp duty; applies Ferrous Alloy.

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Judgments citing this section

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  1. Supreme Court of India 24 Jan 2020 SCIN010044182009

    … But as per law as it stood at the material point of time, there was no necessity of presence of purchaser at the Registration Office during the registration of sale deed. The deed was executed by Madegowda and that aspect has not been disputed. The deed in question does not fall within Sections 31, 88 and 89 of the Registration Act. Section 32 of the said Act does not require presence of both parties to a deed of sale when the same is presented for registration. In such circumstances, we do not find any reason to interfere with the judgment of the High Court. The present appeal is accordingly dismissed. > …

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  2. High Court 31 Jul 2024 HCMA011527502022

    … G.Madhurambal and Anr., reported in 2022 SCC OnLine SC 2079, the subject matter of challenge in the SLP referred to supra was the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court where it was held that a Sale Certificate cannot be treated as a conveyance and no stamp duty is required for filing it under Section 89(4) of the Registration Act. 3. The said view of the Division Bench was confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the following terms: 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner(s) has made a valiant endeavour to persuade us to interfere with the impugned judgment(s) but not …

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  3. High Court 30 Jul 2024 HCMA011273282022

    … of this Court held that the filing of sale certificate under Section 89(4) of the Registration Act is only an administrative action and since a sale certificate has been held to be not a conveyance, the Registrar cannot demand stamp duty to be paid on the instrument, while the instrument is sought to be filed under Section 89(4) of the Registration Act only. It was also held that the Authorised Officer of a Bank acting under the provisions of The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) is a revenue officer for the purposes of Section 89(4) of the Registration …

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Questions about Section 89

What have the courts held on Section 89 of the Registration Act?

State of Punjab v. Ferrous Alloy Forgings Pvt. Ltd. (19 Nov 2024) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.89(4) Book-I filing of auction sale-certificate copy is sufficient; not a stampable conveyance for mere filing. Another 1 judgment on this section is set out below, 1 of them from the Supreme Court. They run from 2024 to 2025.

How do I find court cases under Section 89 of the Registration Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Registration Act 89, section 89 Registration Act, section 89 of the Registration Act. People searching for it also type registration act 89 4 and registration act 89b. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 2 reported judgments on this section are set out on this page, beginning with State of Punjab v. Ferrous Alloy Forgings Pvt. Ltd. (19 Nov 2024).

What should I read with Section 89 of the Registration Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on Rajasthan Tenancy Act 5 (Definitions), section 8 (Inspectors of Registration offices), section 21 (Description of property and maps or plans), section 47 (Time from which registered document operates), and on 2 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 5 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.

When did Section 89 of the Registration Act come into force?

Section 89 of the Registration Act, cited as Registration Act 89, came into force on 01 Jan 1909, having been enacted on 18 Dec 1908. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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