HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2954 of 2007 15th February 2007 Between: Allam Sujatha, W/o.Allam Ramu, 32 years, Occ.House Wife, Resident of H.No.35-11-11A, Netaji Street, Seetharampuram, Vijayawada, Krishna District. ...PETITIONER And 1. The Sub-Registrar, Office of the Sub-Registrar, Chittoor, Chittoor District. And one other. ...RESPONDENTS HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2954 of 2007 ORDER: Petitioner states that she entered into an agreement of sale dated 02.12.2006 with the second respondent to purchase an extent of Acs.10 in Survey No.1B/1 of Gandlapalli Village of Chittoor Mandal and District. According to her, she approached the first respondent for registration of the sale deed in respect of the said property. The grievance of the petitioner is that the first respondent is not accepting the 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 first respondent, in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner 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 first 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 first respondent to receive and process the document presented by the petitioner 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) 15th February 2007 Note: CC by one week B/O RRB [1] AIR 2005 SC 3401 = (2005) 12 SCC 77