THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.5977 of 2011 ORDER: The case of the petitioner is that he purchased agricultural land measuring Ac.2-00 cents in R.S.No.129/8 and Ac.3-07 cents in R.S.No.129/10 of Sitanagaram village, Chintalapudi mandal, in an open auction conducted by the Deputy Registrar/Special Officer on behalf of Sitanagaram Primary Agricultural Society. The aforementioned sales were conducted on 11-06-2004 and 24-12-2005 and sale certificate was also issued to the petitioner in respect of the said land. Now the petitioner intends to sell the aforementioned property and has entered into an agreement of sale with the intending purchaser and has also received part of the sale consideration. The petitioner applied for valuation certificate to know the stamp duty and registration fee. In reply to that, the Sub-Registrar/first respondent issued a letter stating that the lands purchased by the petitioner in an open auction were assigned lands and the same are not registerable. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that once the petitioner has purchased the land in an open auction conducted by the Deputy Registrar/Special Officer on behalf of Sitanagaram Primary Agricultural Society, then the first respondent could not refuse to register the sale deeds. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has placed reliance on the decision reported in Sub Registrar, Srikalahasti v. K. Guravaiah[1] in support of his contention. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents does not dispute the aforementioned factual and legal position. In view of the above, this writ petition is allowed and directions are issued to the first respondent to register the documents presented by the petitioner in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________________ JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA March 09, 2011 Pn THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.5977 of 2011 March 09, 2011 [1] 2009 ALD (2) 250