THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.12391 OF 2011 DATED 27TH APRIL, 2011 BETWEEN B.Krishna Reddy …Petitioner And The Tahsildar, Kurnool Mandal, Kothapeta, Kurnool City, Kurnool District, and another. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.12391 OF 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the Joint Sub-Registrar, Kurnool, the second respondent, is not receiving his document for registration in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.1.20 cents in Survey No.447/2 of Dinnedevarapadu Village, Kurnool Mandal and District. The reason for the said refusal by the registration authorities is that the subject land is shown to be an assigned land, inviting the prohibition under Section 22-A(1)(a) of the Registration Act, 1908. Sri C.Hanumantha Raaydu, learned counsel for the petitioner, however placed reliance on the communication dated 07.01.2008 addressed to the petitioner by the Tahsildar, Kurnool Mandal, stating to the effect that the subject land was assigned as long back as on 15.09.1932. This being the admitted factual position, the law laid down by this Court on this issue would apply. As the subject assignment was prior to 1954, it was not coupled with a condition of inalienability and therefore the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 have no application. Consequently, Section 22-A(1)(a) of the Registration Act, 1908 is also inapplicable. The second respondent is accordingly directed to receive the document presented by the petitioner in respect of the subject land for registration and process the same in accordance with the due procedure and release it in favour of the petitioner after completion of necessary formalities. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the above direction at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 27TH APRIL, 2011. VGSR/PGS