THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7464 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner purchased an extent of Acs.5.00 of land in Survey No.977/1 of Pedavegi Village and Mandal, West Godavari District, in an auction conducted by the Special Category Deputy Registrar-cum-Officer on Special Duty, D.C.C.B. Limited, Eluru, West Godavari District, the third respondent herein, way back on 27.07.1996. She intended to sell the land. Accordingly, she submitted two sale deeds for registration before the Sub-Registrar, Eluru, West Godavari district, the first respondent herein. It is stated that the Tahsildar, Pedavegi Mandal, West Godavari district, the second respondent herein, informed the first respondent that the land in Survey No.977/1 was assigned and in that view of the matter, the transactions in relation thereto, cannot be registered. The petitioner feels aggrieved by the action of the respondents in refusing to register the documents. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The land referred to above was assigned to one Sri Somanchi Venkateswarlu. However, he mortgaged the same to Pedavegi Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Society Limited, affiliated to the District Cooperative Central Bank Limited. Since he committed default in payment of the loan, the third respondent brought the property to sale, in exercise of the powers under the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act and the Rules made thereunder. The petitioner emerged as the highest bidder and Sale Certificate in Form No.10 was issued to her. The petitioner filed a copy of the same before this Court. The second respondent is certainly justified in communicating the list of the assigned lands to the first respondent to prevent registration of any transactions in relation to such lands. However, the assigned lands, which came to be sold in public auction, by a society, stand on a different footing. The character of the land undergoes a substantial change in case, it was mortgaged to a society and sold thereafter. In W.P.No.14750 of 2007 (K.Guravaiah Vs. Sub-Registrar, Srikakulam, Chittoor District), this Court while dealing with the matter, in detail, through its Judgment, dated 26.07.2007, held that the bar under Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, ceases to operate in respect of such lands. The Judgment was affirmed in W.A.No.950 of 2007, dated 30.12.2008. Following the same, the writ petition is allowed and the first respondent is directed to process the documents presented by the petitioner, without treating the subject matter thereof as assigned land. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:09.04.2009 kdl