THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2203 of 2007 Date: 08.02.2007 Between: Punyamurthula Kameswara Rao. ….Petitioner And State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad and another. ….Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2203 of 2007 O R D E R: Petitioner states that he is the absolute owner and possessor of Flat No.504 in an extent of 1770 square feet, in T.S.No.1027(P) in Waltair Ward, Visakhapatnam. He states that he intended to sell the same and in that process, approached the second respondent with a request to furnish the basic value of the property, to enable them to compute the stamp duty. The grievance of the petitioner is that the second respondent is not acceding to his request, on the ground that the Government issued a notiﬁcation under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’), in respect of the land in the said Survey Number. This writ petition is ﬁled seeking appropriate directions to the respondents, in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Section 22-A of the Act empowered the Government to issue notiﬁcations almost preventing the registration of documents in respect of the lands to be mentioned therein. Such a power was held to be ultra vires and the provision was struck down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Rajasthan v. Basanth Nahata[1]. Once the sole basis for the second respondent to refuse registration had disappeared, he cannot refuse to take steps, in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Stamp Act and the Registration Act, in case the petitioner approaches him. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to furnish the necessary information and process the documents that may be presented by the petitioner; and take necessary steps, in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 08.02.2007 Note: Issue C.C. in three days (B/o) JSU [1] AIR 2005 SC 3401 = (2005) 12 SCC 77