THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.13670 of 2007 Date:28.06.2007 Between: Smt.P.Padmavathi .. PETITIONER AND The Government of A.P. and another. ..RESPONDENTS ORDER: The petitioner claims to have presented the documents executed by her in favour of the intending purchasers in relation to land admeasuring 350 square yards, in Sy.No.275/1D Adivivaram Village and Taluk, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Area, Visakhapatnam District, before the second respondent on 14.06.2007, for registration. It is alleged that the documents are said to have been assigned pending registration Nos.P/800/2007, P/801/2007 and P/802/2007. The grievance of the petitioner is that the documents have 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 documents presented by the petitioner and in fact, had assigned pending numbers. Such a course should be adopted, only to avail time to verify necessary facts or to gather information. The documents cannot be kept pending for years together. In case, the documents cannot be admitted to registration, for any reasons, they 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 she can work out his remedies. For the foregoing reasons, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to release the documents to the petitioner or communicate the reasons for not registering the documents, 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. _____________ 28.06.2007 kdl