THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.16702 of 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, petitioner seeks a mandamus by way of directions to the respondents to entertain and process the document submitted for registration in respect of the lands admeasuring Acs.5.14 cents and Acs.4.25 cents covered by Survey Nos.6/1-3 and 124/2 respectively situated at Sri Ranga Raju Palyem of Pullampet Mandal of Rajampet Revenue Division of Kadapa District. The petitioner states that the original assignees of the aforesaid lands mortgaged the same with Anantha Samudram Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society and on failure of their payment of loans, steps were taken against them to recover the loan amounts and in that process, the mortgaged properties were sold by way of public auction, wherein, he purchased the same and the sale certificates were issued by the competent authority. It is his grievance that when he intends to transfer the aforesaid lands, he presented a document for registration but the respondents are not accepting the same on the ground that the said lands were assigned ones as per the list furnished by the revenue authorities. It is the case of the petitioner that once they are sold by way of public auction, they stand exempted under Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ‘the Act’) and such exemption enures to his benefit. The learned counsel for the petitioner relies on the common order, dated 26.07.2007 passed by this Court in N.RAJA REDDY AND OTHERS v. THE SUB-REGISTRAR, SRIKALAHASTI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT AND OTHERS (W.P.No.14743 and 14750 of 2007), which was also affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court in THE SUB-REGISTRAR, SRIKALAHASTI, CHITTOOR v. K.GURAVAIAH[1]. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents fairly submits that the subject matter of the writ petition is covered to be disposed of in view of the common order passed by this Court in W.P.Nos.14743 and 14750 of 2007. In the aforesaid common order, the learned Single Judge of this Court while considering the scope of Section 6 of the Act has taken the view that if an assigned land comes to be sold in pursuant of a mortgage, which is exempted under Section 6 of the Act, it loses the characteristics of the assigned land and the exemption continues to be available to the purchasers from the society or financial institutions. In that view of the matter and in view of the common order referred to above, the objection of the third respondent not to entertain and process the document for the purpose of registration solely on the ground that the lands in question are assigned ones, cannot be sustained. For the aforesaid reasons and in view of the common order referred to above, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to accept the document submitted by the petitioner for registration in respect of the lands in question without raising any objection that the said lands are assigned ones, provided that the document is in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the Registration Act, 1908. No order as to costs. ______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 14th JULY, 2010. kvni [1] 2009(2) ALD 250