THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.1725 of 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.4 in insisting on production of “No Objection Certificate” (for short, ‘NOC’) for the purpose of registration of the lands admeasuring Ac.1.09 cents in Survey No.23-1B out of Acs.17.72 cents of Kakkalapally Village, Anantapur Rural Mandal and District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners sought for a consequential direction to respondent No.4 to receive and register the document presented by them without insisting on NOC. I have heard Sri K. Srinivas, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue. No counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents. The case of the petitioners is that petitioner No.1 purchased Ac.0-25.77 cents in Survey No.23/1B, petitioner No.2 purchased Ac.0.24 cents of land, petitioner No.3 purchased Ac.0- 11.17 cents of land, petitioner No.4 purchased Ac.0-15.50 cents of land, petitioner No.5 purchased Ac.0.03 cents of land, petitioner No.6 purchased Ac.0-5.68 cents of land and petitioner No.7 purchased Ac.0-1.5 cents of land and they are in peaceful possession and enjoyment of the same. They further stated that they approached respondent No.4 for selling the same to third parties, but the registering authority declined to receive the same by insisting on NOC from the competent authority. The petitioners pleaded that while no such NOC is required, there is no absolute prohibition on alienation except to the limited extent of the condition of non- alienation for a period of ten years. They further pleaded that as the period of ten years has expired long time back, there is no embargo on the transfer of land. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners reiterated the above pleas. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue has opposed the above contentions. On perusal of the proceedings, dated 31.12.1988, issued by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Anantapur, it is clear that the aforementioned lands have been deleted from the list of assigned lands and he has no objection for the sale of the above lands. In view of the above, I do not find any justification for respondent No.4 for not receiving the document and registering the same. A Mandamus therefore shall be issued to respondent No.4 to receive the document presented by the petitioners and process the same, subject to the petitioners complying with the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908 and the Indian Stamp Act. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.2115 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _________________________________ JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA 01.02.2011 Note:- Furnish C.C. in one week. (B/o) KH/PN