THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.11332 of 2010 Date : 8-9-2010 Between: Poreddy Venkata Narapu Reddy s/o.P.Narayana Reddy and others .. Petitioners and The District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri Venkateshwar Varanasi Counsel for respondents : A.G.P. for Revenue The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.11332 of 2010 ORDER: At the Interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This Writ Petition is filed feeling aggrieved by the action of respondent No.3 in not registering the documents presented by petitioners in respect of lands in S.Nos.383/B and 384/B of Bollavaram village, Proddatur Mandal, Kadapa District. The main ground on which registration was refused was that through Ref.No.Pot Cell/1392/2008, dated 17-2-2010, respondent No.1 informed respondent No.3 that the land in question along with several other lands which are shown in the list annexed to the said letter are Government lands. In the Writ Petition, the petitioners traced their title to various registered documents executed in the years between 1982 and 1985 apart from the pattadar passbooks and title deeds issued in their favour. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that since the revenue record has classified the land in question as Assessed Waste, it is treated as Government land. Indeed, a similar issue was considered by this Court in W.P.No.6016/2010 dated 2-7-2010 and it was held therein that mere classification of the land as Assessed Waste and the entry in the revenue record that it belongs to Government does not determine title and the Registrar cannot ignore ownership of the party by giving weight to mere entries in the revenue record. Further it was held that unless the notification is issued in accordance with Section 22-A of the Registration Act prohibiting registration of the properties, the Registrar cannot decline registration of documents on the mere communication issued by revenue officials. Following the reasons contained in the said order of this court, I am of the opinion that the action of respondent No.3 in refusing to register the documents presented by the petitioners purporting to rely upon letter dated 17-2-2010 of the District Collector, cannot be sustained. Respondent No.3 is directed to receive the documents and register the same. Respondent Nos.1 and 2 are however free to assert their title in appropriate court of law as registration of the documents by itself would not confer title on the purchasers. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.14402/2010 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 8-9-2010 AM