Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- Orissa High Court on Friday ruled that a Sub-Registrar does not have the authority to cancel a registered document, observing that once a document is registered, no registration authority has the power to revoke it.

The ruling came while adjudicating a case concerning the cancellation of a land sale deed, setting a clear position on the limits of powers exercised by registration authorities.

As per the case details, petitioner Rashmita Sahu had registered a piece of land in her name on April 28, 2008. However, in 2011, the seller applied unilaterally for a cancellation deed seeking to revoke the sale.

Acting on the application, the authorities accepted the request and cancelled the earlier registration, leading...