HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 24940 OF 2009. DATED 18TH NOVEMBER, 2009. BETWEEN Bandrapalli Valla Bhai …Petitioner And Government of AP, rep. By its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and, anr. ….Respondent. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 24940 OF 2009. ORDER: The petitioner states that he has purchased the land to an extent of 1643.5 square yards in Sy.No.128/2 situate at Koritapadu village within Gorantla Panchayaty limits of Guntur District, from one G.Sudhakar, who is the absolute owner and possessor of the land in question. It is stated that he approached the second respondent along with his vendor for registration of the said land in his favour. The grievance of the petitioner is that the second respondent is neither receiving the document nor admitting it for registration, without specifying any reason. This Writ Petition is filed seeking appropriate directions to the second respondent in this regard. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. While the Stamp Act stipulates the amount of stamp duty payable on a document, the Registration Act prescribes the procedure to be followed while admitting a document for registration. The Registering Authority is not expected to adjudicate upon the title in relation to the property covered by the document. Recently, the Registration Act has been amended by including Section 22-A. The circumstances under which the Registering Authority can refuse registration are mentioned in Clauses (a) to (e) of Sub-Section (1). Unless and until the property of the petitioner covered by the document falls into any of those categories, the second respondent cannot refuse registration. In case, he finds that the document cannot be registered for any reasons, he is under obligation to communicate the same to the petitioner within a reasonable time. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to receive and process the document presented by the petitioner, in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act, as amended through Act 19 of 2007 and take necessary steps within a period of one week from the date of receipt of the document. In case the document cannot be registered, he shall communicate the reasons in writing within that period. There shall be no order as to costs. ------------------------ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU DATED 18TH NOVEMBER, 2009. Note: CC in three days. (BO) Msnr.