THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9460 of 2007 Date: 30.04.2007 Between: Illa Achi Babu and others. ….Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another. ….Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9460 of 2007 O R D E R: Petitioners 1 to 13 are said to have executed a general power of attorney in favour of petitioner No.14, in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.1.14 cents in Survey No.58/2 of Adavivaram Village, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Area, Visakhapatnam District. It is stated that petitioner No.14 intended to sell the said land and in that process, approached the second respondent, to register the same in favour of the intending purchasers. The grievance of the petitioners is that the second respondent is not accepting any document for registration, on the ground that the Government issued a notification under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’), in respect of the land in the said Survey Number. This writ petition is filed seeking appropriate directions to the respondents, in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Section 22-A of the Act empowered the Government to issue notifications almost preventing the registration of documents in respect of the lands to be mentioned therein. Such a power was held to be ultra vires and the provision was struck down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Rajasthan v. Basanth Nahata[1]. Once the sole basis for the second respondent to refuse registration had disappeared, he is under obligation to receive the documents and consider the same, in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Registration Act. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to receive and process the documents, if any, presented by the petitioners and take necessary steps, in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Registration Act, within one (1) week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J Date: 30.04.2007 Note: Issue C.C. in one week. (B/o) Pan [1] AIR 2005 SC 3401 = (2005) 12 SCC 77