MANJEET SINGH SON OF UJAGAR SINGH vs THE CHIEF CONTROLLER REVENUE AUTHORITY AND ORS

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906. CIVIL WP-13113-2022.odt Amberkar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 13113 OF 2022 Manjeet Singh son of Ujagar Singh .. Petitioner Versus The Chief Controller Revenue Authority & Ors. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, Advocate for Petitioner  Ms. V.S. Nimbalkar, AGP for Respondents  Mr. Amol Ghayal, Supervisor, Collector Stamps, Borivali present ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : APRIL 29, 2026 JUDGMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Chanderpal, learned Advocate for Petitioner and Ms. Nimbalkar, learned AGP for Respondents. 2. This Petition is filed on 19.05.2022. At the request of Mr. Chanderpal, since the Petitioner was not heard and considering the exigency expressed, Petition is taken up for final hearing by this Court. Mr. Nimbalkar, learned AGP represents all the Respondents. Respondents have filed a detailed affidavit dated 22.12.2022 of Collector of Stamps, Borivali to oppose the Petition. 3. Briefly stated and as argued by Mr. Chanderpal, the facts in the present case are in a narrow compass rather they are completely admitted facts. Petitioner signed a letter of allotment for purchase of flat on 07.07.2012 and desired to pay stamp duty on the Agreement 1 of 16 906. CIVIL WP-13113-2022.odt for Sale with regard to the said flat. He therefore purchased electronic stamps of the value of Rs. 3,00,100/- on 23.03.2018. Petitioner's case is that while purchasing the electronic stamps, he committed error in selection of the Scheme Code wherein instead of purchasing and accepting "non-judicial stamps", he incorrectly selected and punched "consolidated stamp duty and Superintendent of Stamps". Admittedly due to this error, Petitioner could not execute the Agreement for Sa