THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3093 of 2007 Date: 20.02.2007 Between: Pilla Laxmana Patrudu, S/o.late Appala Naidu. ….Petitioner and 1. Government of A.P., rep.by its Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The Sub-Registrar, Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam. ….Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3093 of 2007 O R D E R: The petitioner states that he purchased land through sale agreement for an extent of 273 square yards in Survey No.31 (Plot No.111) of Cheemalapalli Village, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam. According to him, the sale deed executed by the vendor was presented to the second respondent for registration. The grievance of the petitioner is that the second respondent is not accepting the document for registration, 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 second respondent 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 is under obligation to receive the documents and consider the same in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to receive and process the document presented by the petitioner and take necessary steps in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act, within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 20th February, 2007. Note: Issue C.C. in one week. B/o Kdl [1] AIR 2005 SC 3401 = (2005) 12 SCC 77