HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4226 of 2011 Date: March 07, 2011 Between: Miryala Malathi … Petitioner And 1. The District Collector, Chittor, Chittoor District & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.4226 of 2011 ORDER: The complaint of the petitioner is that the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, Chittoor District, was not accepting the document presented by her for registration in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.0.52 cents in Sy.No.774-6 of Valasapalle Gram Panchayat, Madanapalle Mandal, Chittoor District. This land was originally assigned to an Ex-Serviceman, Radhakrishnaiah, in the year 1983. He sold the said land under registered sale deed dated 11.3.1996. After changing hands twice thereafter the land came into possession of the petitioner. She claims title under registered document No.3418/2009 dated 24.6.2009. Being desirous of selling the land, the petitioner approached the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, Chittoor District and was asked to obtain a No Objection Certificate from the Revenue authorities. Hence, this petition. 2. The land, though it was originally an assigned land, was not subjected to a permanent prohibition as to alienation, as an Ex- Serviceman is permitted to alienate the land assigned to him after a period of ten years, vide G.O.Ms.No.1117 dated 11.11.1993. The date of assignment in favour of the original assignee in this case, being 1983 there was no embargo upon his alienating the land after 1993. As the sale by the assignee was only in the year 1996, it was not struck by any prohibition. The Registration authorities therefore cannot treat the subject land as assigned land, basing on the fact it was originally assigned to an Ex-Serviceman, and insist upon production of a No Objection Certificate. This Court has time and again held that insistence upon a No Objection Certificate from the Revenue authorities is not envisaged by law and the Registration authorities cannot refuse to register documents on this ground. Unless the prohibition with regard to registration of documents is traceable to Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, the Registration authorities cannot refuse registration of documents. In the present case, no such prohibition is attracted. 3. That being so, there shall be a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, Chittoor District to entertain the documents presented by the petitioner for registration in respect of her land admeasuring Ac.0.52 cents in Sy.No.774-6 of Valasapalle Gram Panchayat, Madanapalle Mandal, Chittoor District and process and register the same in accordance with law without insisting upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the revenue authorities. 4. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No order as to costs. ___________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: March 07, 2011. Note: Issue CC in one week. //B.O.// BSB