THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.5261 OF 2011 DATED 4TH MARCH, 2011 BETWEEN Dr.G.Shiva Prasad Reddy and others. …Petitioners And Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.5261 OF 2011 ORDER: The cause for complaint by the petitioners is the action of the Sub-Registrar, Anandapuram Sub-Registrar Office, Vemulavalasa Main Road, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, in refusing the documents presented by them in respect of the lands in Survey Nos.27/1, 28/1, 28/2 and 28/3 of Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, on the basis of G.O.Ms.No.1004 dated 01.10.2003 . The said G.O. was struck down by this Court by common order dated 25.04.2006 in W.P.Nos.8415, 8449 and 8447 of 2006. Further, by common order dated 05.12.2006 in W.P.Nos.18505 and 18510 of 2006, this Court held that the Mandal Revenue Officer, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, had no authority in law to send a list of assigned lands to the registration authorities for the purpose of interdicting registration of documents in respect of such lands. This Court further held that it is always open to the District Collector to send such a list and continue to update the same from time to time as per the scheme of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 and the rules framed thereunder. The communication dated 23.02.2011 addressed by the registration authorities, upon the application filed by the petitioners, demonstrates that no fresh notifications were received under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 after the Amending Act, 2007 came into force. It is further stated therein that no written instructions were received in respect of the subject properties from the revenue authorities after 20.06.2007. Needless to state, in the event the Government wishes to put in place a prohibition with regard to registration of documents in respect of lands falling under Section 22-A(1)(e) of the Registration Act, 1908, it necessarily has to issue a notification under Section 22-A(2) thereof. In the absence of such a notification, it would not be open to the registration authorities to refuse registration of documents on the ground that the lands are claimed to be Government lands. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing the Sub- Registrar, Anandapuram Sub-Registrar Office, Vemulavalasa Main Road, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, to entertain the documents presented by the petitioners in respect of the lands in Survey Nos.27/1, 28/1, 28/2 and 28/3 of Nidigattu Village, Bheemunipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, and process and register the same in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 4TH MARCH, 2011. VGSR/PGS