THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Writ Petition No. 4595 OF 2011 DT. 7.3.2011 Between: Smt Chenji Savitramma … Petitioner And State of A.P. rep by its Commissioner and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Hyderabad and others … Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri D Seshadri Naidu Counsel for respondents: G P FOR REVENUE The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Writ Petition No. 4595 OF 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the action of the Sub Registrar, Renigunta, Chittoor district, the third respondent in not registering the deeds of conveyance presented by her and her vendors in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.0.15 cents situated in Survey No. 105/1, Daminedu village Revenue Account No. 22, 9th Panchayat Ward, Tiruchanuru Gram Panchayat, Tiruchanur, Tirupati Rural Mandal, Tirupati. She seeks a consequential direction to the third respondent to register her agreement of sale dated 23.10.2010 in respect of the subject land. The proceedings dated 24.10.2010 issued by the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, reflect that the said document was denied registration on the ground that the subject land was shown to be Government land in the Revenue records. The third respondent therefore insisted on the petitioners obtaining a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue Divisional Officer concerned, as a condition precedent. Needless to state, prohibition with regard to registration of documents in the scheme of the Registration Act, 1908 must necessarily be traceable to Section 22-A thereof. Insofar as lands claimed to be Government lands are concerned, they fall within the ambit of Section 22 -A (1) (e) of the Registration Act, 1908 and to make operative the prohibition with regard to registration of documents in respect of such lands, the Government must issue a notification under Section 22-A (2) of the said Act. Unless such a notification is issued, it would not be open to the Revenue or the Registration authorities to interdict the registration of documents on the ground that the same pertain to lands claimed by the Government on the basis of Revenue records. In the present case, there is no evidence of any notification having been issued under Section 22-A (2) of the Registration Act, 1908 in respect of the subject land. Unless such a notification is issued, the action of the Sub- Registrar, Renigunta, under the proceedings dated 24.10.2010 cannot be accepted. There shall accordingly be a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, to verify whether any notification under Section 22-A (2) of Registration Act, 1908 has been issued by the Government in respect of the subject land. In the event, there is no such notification, the Sub-Registrar, Renigunta, shall entertain the document presented by the petitioner in respect of the subject land and process and register the same in accordance with law, without insisting upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue authorities. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR,J DATE: 7.3.2011 TVK THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Writ Petition No. 4595 OF 2011 DT. 7.3.2011