THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13623 of 2007 Dated : 29.06.2007 Between: Sri Ghanto Suresh, S/o Mallikeswar …Petitioner And: The 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.13623 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner claims to have presented a sale deed executed in his favour in relation to land admeasuring 266 square yards bearing Patta No.39 in Sy.No.206/2, Patta Nos. 177 and 178 in Sy.No.208 as per the LRC filed sketch Sy.No.206 bearing Plot No.11 along with an RCC slabbed house consisting of ground floor and first floor bearing old D.No.9-35, new D.No.11-104 situated at Chandanapuri colony, Adavivaram Panchayat of Chinnagadili Mandal in Visakhapatnam District, before the second respondent, for registration. It is alleged that the document is said to have been assigned pending registration No.P/558/2005. 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 second respondent has received the document presented by the petitioner and in fact, had assigned a pending number. 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 he can work out his remedies. For the foregoing reasons, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to release the document to the petitioner or communicate the reasons for not registering the document, within a period of ten (10) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 29.06.2007 sh