IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.16293 of 2008 Between: 1 Jakka Lakshmi Prakasa Rao S/o.Mallikharjuna Setty R/o.D.No.4/430B, Markapur Town, Prakasam District. 2 Golla Kota Lakshmi Srinivasa Rao S/o.Koteswara Rao R/o.D.No.5-103, Markapur Town, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Joint Sub Registrar-1, Markapur, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent in refusing to entertain the petitioner request for registration of sale deed or relinquishment deed in respect of land of Ac.12.57 cents in Survey Numbers 141, 144 and 145/3 of Devarajugattu Village as illegal, irregular, arbitrary and violative of provisions of Registration Act, 1908 the rules framed there under and oﬀends articles 14, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent to register the said sale deed or any other deed of conveyance being presented by the petitioners for the land of Ac.12.57 cents in Survey Numbers 141, 144 and 145/3 of Devarajugattu Village and pass such other orders or order. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following Order: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in refusing to entertain the request of the petitioners for registration of sale deed/relinquishment deed in respect of land admeasuring Ac.12.57 cents in Sy.Nos.141, 144 and 145/3 of Devarajugattu Village, as arbitrary and illegal and consequently, to direct the respondent to register the said sale deed/relinquishment deed. It is the case of the petitioners that they are the absolute owners of the land admeasuring Ac.12.57 cents in Sy.Nos.141, 144 and 145/3 of Devarajugattu Village having purchased the same under registered sale deed dated 28-03-2008. Subsequently, the second petitioner intended to sell 1/3rd of his land in favour of the ﬁrst petitioner and, therefore, they approached the respondent requesting to furnish the information about the value enlisted in the basic value register maintained by the Registration Department for the said survey numbers. As the respondent failed to furnish the information on the ground that the land was recorded as Government land in the relevant registers of the Registration Department and refused to entertain registration of any document much less sale deed or relinquishment deed, the petitioners ﬁled the present writ petition. A counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled by the respondent stating that on 06-05-2008, the Tahsildar, Peddaraveedu Mandal, Prakasam District, addressed a letter to the Sub-Registrar, giving the list of lands of eight villages of Peda Araveedu Mandal, including the lands of the petitioners, stating that they belong to the Government as per the Re-survey Settlement Record. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and at their request, the writ petition itself is being disposed of. In view of the letter dated 06-05-2008 ﬁled by the learned Government Pleader along with the counter aﬃdavit stating that the lands in Sy.No.141, 144 and 145 of Devarajugattu Village are Government lands, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to challenge the said letter dated 06-05-2008. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for to challenge the letter dated 06-05-2008. No order as to costs. _________________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dt:02-09-2008 Usd To 1. The Joint Sub Registrar-1, Markapur, Prakasam District. 2. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 3. Two CD copies