THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6532 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner claims to have acquired the rights over the land in Survey No.590/5 of Chirala Village, Prakasam District. He intended to execute the documents in relation to the same and approached the Sub-Registrar, Chirala, Prakasam District, the third respondent herein, for necessary information. Through a letter, dated 18.03.2009, the third respondent informed the petitioner that the land in Survey No.590/5 is an assigned land as per the communication received from the Mandal Revenue Officer, Chirala and in that view of the matter, no transactions would be registered in respect of that land. The petitioner challenges the same. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, prohibits the registration of any transactions in relation to the assigned lands. Apart from that, the A.P. State Legislate amended the Registration Act by adding Section 22-A, prohibiting the transactions in respect of various categories of properties, including the assigned lands. Once it is noticed that the land, in respect of which the petitioner is stated to have acquired rights, was assigned, there is hardly anything that the third respondent can do in the matter of registration. The prohibition contained in the two enactments referred to above gets attracted. The only way that the petitioner can rescue himself is by establishing that the land was not assigned to anyone or that even if assigned, there did not exist any prohibition against transfers. Therefore, the petitioner has to direct his efforts in that regard. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to establish the character of the land in question and thereafter, pursue his remedies. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:30.03.2009 kdl