THE HON'BLE Mr JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14257 of 2007 Dated 5th July 2007 Between: K.Aparna ... Petitioner and The Govt. of A.P., rep. by its Secretary and another. ... Respondents THE HON'BLE Mr JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 14257 OF 2007 O R D E R: The petitioner claims to have presented a sale deed, in relation to a plot of land admeasuring 200 sq.yards (Plot No.2 West Part) in Sy.No.187, of Vepagunta Village, Visakhapatnam District, before the 2nd respondent for registration. It is alleged that the document is said to have been received vide acknowledgement No.185/2006 and kept pending. The grievance of the petitioner is that the document has not been released so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The 2nd respondent has received the document presented by the petitioner and in fact, had kept the same pending. Such a course should be adopted, only to avail time to verify necessary facts or to gather information. The document cannot be kept pending for years together. In case, the document cannot be admitted to registration, for any reasons, that can be traceable to Section 22-A of the Registration Act, as amended through Act 19 of 2007, or Section 5 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, the same need to be communicated to the petitioner forthwith, so that she can work out her remedies. For the foregoing reasons, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the 2nd respondent to release the document to the petitioner or communicate the reasons for not registering the document, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.05-07-2007. KO