IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE THIRTYFIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 30311 OF 2010. Between: Lingam Chandrakumari … Petitioner V/s. The Sub-Registrar Chintalapdi, Chintalapudi Mandal West Godavari district & Anr. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri S. Appadhara Reddy Counsel for the Respondents : GP for Revenue for R1 & R2 The Court made the following order : (order follows 2nd page onwards) THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 30311 OF 2010 O R D E R : This writ petition is filed seeking declaration that the action of the first respondent in refusing to register the sale document presented by the petitioner in respect of Ac:3-00 in R.S.No. 499/8, Ac:4-30 cents in RS.No. 499/9, Ac:5-10 cents in R.S.No. 499/10 situated in Epigunta village, T. Narsaspuram Mandal, West Godavari district on the ground that the said lands were assigned land is arbitrary and illegal. It is pleaded by the petitioner that he purchased the above said land under registered sale deed dated 13-03-2006. It is also pleaded that the vendor of the petitioner purchased the said land in the year 1982 in the auction held by the Sale Officer, Chintalapudi Co-operative Development Bank, Chintalapudi and that the said sale was confirmed on 31-12-1982 and the sale certificate in Form-10 was issued by the Co-operative Sub-Registrar in favour of his vendor. Thus, it is contended by the petitioner that there cannot be any objection for registration on the ground that the said lands were assigned land. I have heard the learned counsel for both the parties. An identical question was considered by a Division Bench of this Court in SUB-REGISTRAR, SRIKALAHASTI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT V/s. K. GURAVAIAH[1] , wherein it was held that the assigned land which was sold in execution of recovery of debt by a Co-operative Society can be sold by the purchaser and the prohibition against alienation contained in the provisions of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 does not apply to such sale transactions. In view of the settled legal position, the objection raised by the first respondent is not tenable. Accordingly, following the Division Bench decision, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to receive and register the document relating to the lands in question subject to the condition that the petitioner produces the sale certificate granted in favour of his vendor. No costs. ________________________ JUSTICE G. ROHINI. 31-12-2010 I s L THE HONOURABLE MS.RI JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 30311 OF 2010 CIRCULATION ENTRY No.115 Date: 31-12-2010 Court Master: I s L Computer No. 43 [1] ) 2009 (5) ALD-250