THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHAN RAO WRIT PETITION NO.15048 OF 2011 1ST July 2011. BETWEEN: S.LALITHAMM @ S.LALITHA .. PETITIONER AND THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, CHITTOOR AND OTHERS .. RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHAN RAO WRIT PETITION NO.15048 OF 2011 O R D E R : This writ petition has been filed complaining the inaction of 4th respondent-Joint Sub-Registrar, Tirupati (Rural), Chittoor District in not entertaining the conveyance deed presented by the petitioner in respect of the land measuring Ac.4.59 cents out of Ac.4.80 cents situated in Sy.No.490/2 of Avilala village, Revenue District of Chittoor, as bad in law. The petitioner claims to have purchased land of Ac.4.80 cents through a registered sale deed dated 12.10.1978 bearing No.2890/1978. The petitioner has further traced the origin of the title to this land to a registered sale deed bearing Doc.No.1518/1929, which was executed on 10.7.1929. Therefore, from the year 1929 onwards the petitioner as well as the predecessor in interest were in continuous possession and enjoyment of the land in question. It is also further pointed out that a pattedar passbook also was granted by the revenue administration in her favour for the land in question. In these set of circumstances, there could not have been any objection for the 4th respondent to entertain any conveyance deed which the petitioner might present for the purpose of registration, inasmuch as prior to 1954 government has never contemplated imposition of any injunction against alienation while assigning lands in favour of assignees. For the first time only in the year 1954, assigned lands were contemplated to be prohibited from being alienated and rendered only heritable. Therefore, even assuming that the lands in question were once before assigned lands, but, however, the sale transactions as evidenced from the year 1929 onwards render the status of such assigned lands to undergo a change. As was noticed supra prior to 1954 there being no injunction against alienation of assigned lands, the status of the land as of now ceases to be treated as an assigned land and consequently the prohibition contained in Sec.22-A(1)(a) of the Registration Act is not attracted to them. In view of the change of the status of the land, it is not necessary for the 4th respondent to seek for production of No Objection Certificate from either the Tahsildar or Revenue Divisional Officer. Therefore, the 4th respondent is directed to receive, process and deal with any conveyance deed, which the petitioner might present, in accordance with law, register the document and release the same, if it is otherwise inconformity with law. The writ petition stands disposed of with the above observations. Dt: 01-07-2011. ( NOOTY RAMAMOHAN RAO, J ) Cc one week. tnb THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHAN RAO WRIT PETITION NO.15048 OF 2011 1ST July 2011.