THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8116 OF 2011 DATED 1st APRIL, 2011 BETWEEN: Nedurumalli Surendranath Reddy … Petitioner A n d The Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, Chittoor District. …Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8116 OF 2011 O R D E R The petitioner seeks a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, Chittoor District, to receive his sale deeds in respect of the Plots bearing Nos.33 and 34 in Sy.No.119/2 of Upparapalli Village Accounts, Mangalam Group, Renigunta Mandal, Chittoor District. Upon instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue stated that the subject plots were claimed by the revenue authorities to be Government lands and on that basis, they had been included in the list of lands with regard to which a prohibition as to registration of documents would operate. This list was furnished by the Tahsildar, Renigunta, to the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, under his letter dated 06.11.2010. The learned Assistant Government Pleader however conceded that no notification under Section 22-A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908 had been published in respect of the subject plots. This Court has time and again held that it would not be open to the revenue authorities to stall the registration of documents in respect of lands, claiming them to be Government lands on the basis of revenue records without publishing a notification under Section 22- A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908 in respect thereof. Unless the prohibition is sourced in law, the revenue authorities cannot restrain the registration authorities from proceeding with the registration of documents. In the absence of a notification under Section 22-A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908, it is not open to the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, to refuse to entertain documents for registration in respect of the subject plots. The writ petition is accordingly allowed. The Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, Chittoor District, is directed to receive, register and deliver, in accordance with the due procedure, the documents presented for registration by the petitioner in respect of the subject plots without insisting upon certification from the revenue authorities. No costs. --------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 1st APRIL, 2011 Note: Issue Copy in three days. (B/O) PGS/VGSR