1. a power of attorney without any consideration to agent and containing a power to sell property and to execute conveyance and complete registration formalities, can be made anywhere.
2. even outside India
3. such a power of attorney if duly registered by the sub-registrar, within whose jurisdiction any one or more properties mentioned in the power of attorney is situated, is completely acceptable
4. it is essential to mention the property details for sale of which the power of attorney has been granted. Otherwise how will the buyer of the property come to know that the agent signing on behalf of the principal has indeed an authority to execute and register conveyance deed of the property being sold to him
5. thus the suggestion of the sub-registrar asking you not to mention the property details is completely preposterous and without any application of mind
6. the sub-registrar can always register the power of attorney so far as it pertains to any property situated within his jurisdiction. He should not be concerned about properties located in other states. That is for sub-registrar of that other state to again accept the power of attorney for registration since one of the properties mentioned in it lies within his jurisdiction
7. in view of above the requirement of the sub-registrar at hyderabad is completely correct that the power of attorney needs to have the property details in respect of which the power to sell has been granted. In absence of the details in the power of attorney, he is correct in not registering any sale deed between the authorised person under the POA and the buyer
8. for the above there is no such SC or HC judgement, as it is purely based on common sense. A POA containing power to sell ought to have details of the properties which are sought to be sold through the power to sell
9. each state has its own stamp and registration rules. So you will have to check the stamp/registration rules of the concerned state in which any property is required to be sold
10. for instance in Maharahstra, a POA containing a Power to sell an immovable property is compulsorily required to be registered, whether or not consideration is mentioned therein
11. further if POA is granted to a relative, then nominal stamp duty is required to be paid. However if power is granted to a non-relative or stranger then full stamp duty as applicable on a conveyance or sale deed is required to be paid
12. so in my opinion your POA is defective as it does not contain the property details. How will the hyderabad sub-registrar know that a particular property sought to be sold under a conveyance deed to be executed between agent of owner and the buyer, pertains to a property situated within his jurisdiction?
13. had the POA contained the property details and registered in another state, say for example in your case, in Tamil Nadu, then the registrar of Tamil Nadu had no business to refuse its registration just because the POA also mentioned properties situated in another state. As long as the POA pertains to any property situated in Tamil Nadu state, the registrar was bound to register the POA
14. Thereafter you could have presented the above registered POA to the registrar of Hyderabad in order to ascertain and comply with the stamp/registration rules of Hyderabad and on compliance of which the registrar of Hyderabad would separately register the POA for the properties situated within his jurisdiction