THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.15836 of 2008 DATED: 20.08.2009 Between: Sayyad Basheed Basha @ Siraj. .. Petitioner. And The Sub-Registrar, Office of the Registration and Stamps, Government of A.P., Madanapalli, Chittoor District. .. Respondent. ORDER: Petitioner claims that he is the absolute owner and possessor of the land admeasuring Ac.0.97 cents in Sy.No.173 of Madanapalle, having succeeded to the same from his mother and brother who purchased the same on 20.12.1962 vide registered document No.5029/1962. It is his case that in respect of the said property, he entered into agreements of sale with certain persons and, thereafter, he approached the respondent on several occasions for registration of the said documents, but the respondent is not receiving and registering the said documents on the ground that the said land belongs to the Government as per the records, without considering the fact that the subject land was registered in the name of his mother and brother by the respondent as early as on 20.12.1962. Hence, the present writ petition is filed seeking appropriate directions. A detailed counter affidavit has been filed by the respondent stating that the petitioner did not present any document before the respondent for the purpose of registration. It is stated that the land in Sy.No.173 of Madanapalli is classified as Government Land and the Tahsildar, Madanapalli, on 05.03.2007 has furnished the list of Government lands, wherein the classification of the land in question is shown as Tombs (Gorilu). It is also stated that in the letter dated 14.05.2008 addressed by Muttavalli of Hazarath Khadersha Auliya (R.A.) Dargah Shareef Badamakan, Bangalore Bus Stand Madanapalle, Chittor District, to the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, the said land is shown as Wakf Property, and along with the said letter, Gazette Notification issued by the A.P.Wakf Board, whereby the subject land is notified, was also enclosed. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue submits that the G.Os issued notifying the subject land as Wakf property are withdrawn subsequently. However, he submits that if the petitioner presents the documents in question before the respondent, the respondent shall receive and process the same in accordance with the Stamps & Registration Act. In view of the above, the petitioner is directed to submit the documents in question i.e., the agreements of sale purported to have been executed by him in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.0.97 cents in Sy.No.173 of Madanapalle, before the respondent and, on such submission, the respondent is directed to receive and process the same as per the Stamps & Registration Act. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 20.08.2009 v v