THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18954 OF 2010 Dated: 04-08-2010 Between: Smt. Mudigolam Radhika ... PETITIONER AND The Sub Registrar, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District and two others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18954 OF 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of mandamus to declare the action of the 1st respondent in not accepting the sale deed submitted by her for registration of an extent of Acs.2.70 cents of land covered by Survey No.198-2F situated at Ramalingapuram Village, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District as arbitrary and illegal. It is the case of the petitioner that she has purchased the aforesaid land in a public auction conducted by the District Cooperative Central Bank Limited, Chittoor in execution proceedings. It is stated that initially the land in question was assigned in favour of one K. Nagaraja by issuing DKT patta and the same was mortgaged by the assignee with the District Cooperative Central Bank Limited, Chittoor for obtaining a loan. When the loan amounts were not repaid, the Bank has proceeded against the loanee and obtained an award to recover the amount covered by the loan and in the execution proceedings, the land in question was put to public auction and the petitioner has purchased the same. It is the grievance of the petitioner that when she intended to sell the land by executing document for registration, the same is not being accepted by the 1st respondent on the ground that the land in question is recorded as an assigned land. Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 exempts application of the Act in respect of the properties purchased in public auction. Whether such exemption will enure to the benefit of the purchasers in execution of the awards obtained by a cooperative society/bank came to be considered by a learned single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No. 14750 of 2007 wherein by order dated 26-07-2007 it was held that exemption of the provisions of the Act will enure to the benefit of the purchaser of such assigned land in execution proceedings. The said order of the learned single Judge was confirmed by a Division Bench of this Court by judgment dated 13- 12-2008 in Writ Appeal No. 950 of 2007. In view of the aforesaid reasons and in view of the judgments referred to above, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents that in case the petitioner presents the document for sale of an extent of Acs.2.70 cents of land covered by Survey No.198-2F situated at Ramalingapuram Village, Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District, the same shall be entertained and accepted for registration without raising any objection on the ground that the said land is an assigned land. However, it is made clear that there shall be such consideration provided the document is in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Registration Act. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 04-08-2010 ks