HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 12684 of 2007 Dated 25th June 2007 Between: Sanapala Swamy Babu and others. …Petitioners and The Sub-Registrar. …Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 12684 of 2007 O R D E R: Petitioners claim to have presented a sale deed executed by them, in respect of Ac.0.36 cents of land in plot Nos.12, 16, 17, 18, 29 and 30 in Survey Nos.289, 290, 291 and 292 of Adivivaram Village, Visakhpatnam (Rural) Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, before the respondent for registration. It is alleged that the document is said to have been received and kept pending. The grievance of the petitioners is that the document has not been released, so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The respondent has received the document presented by the petitioners and in fact, had kept the same pending. Such a course should be adopted, only to avail time to verify necessary facts or to gather information. The document cannot be kept pending for years together. In case, the document cannot be admitted to registration, for any reasons, that can be traceable to Section 22-A of the Registration Act, as amended through Act 19 of 2007, or Section 5 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977, the same need to be communicated to the petitioners forthwith, so that they can work out their remedies. For the foregoing reasons, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent to release the document to the petitioners or communicate the reasons for not registering the document, within a period of ten (10) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 25.06.2007 Note: Issue C.C. in one (1) week. (B/o) JSU