THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 24977 of 2007 Oral order: Questioning the action of the respondents in not registering the documents presented by them for registration in respect of the land belonging to them in Sy. Nos. 42/3, 42/5, 42/6, 42/7 and 42/9 of Pentaseema Bonanji village of Paravada Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, without any rhyme or reason, the petitioners filed the present writ petition. The Sub-Registrar, Sabbavaram filed counter stating that the Government issued G.O. Ms. No. 1093, dated 14.08.2007 reorganizing the Registration and Stamp Department, and as per the said G.O. Pentaseema Bonanji village, comes within the jurisdiction of the newly constituted Sub Registrar’s Office, Lankelapalem w.e.f. 01.10.2007. The petitioners did not present any document for registration before him, but they made enquiries with regard to classification of their land. They were informed that their lands fall within the list of assigned lands, as communicated to him by the Mandal Revenue Officer, vide proceedings in Rc. No. 107/07/SA, dated 12.03.2007 and that registration of any document transferring the said lands is prohibited under the provisions of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977. Thereupon, the petitioners contending that their lands are not assigned land, made representation enclosing copies of Pattedar Pass Books, and thereupon, he sought clarification from the Mandal Revenue Officer, Parada, who vide proceedings in D.Dis. No. 536/07/Senior Assistant, dated 28.10.2007 informed that due to non-availability of Settlement Fair Adangal, he had included the lands of the petitioners in the list of assigned lands communicated earlier, and requested that since the lands of the petitioners are ryotwari lands, they be deleted from the list of assigned lands sent by him. He further stated that as per the instructions issued by the Commissioner and Inspector General (Registration and Stamps), A.P., Hyderabad, vide Circular Memo No. 15653/2006, dated 13.11.2006, the Sub-Registrar should not register documents straightaway basing on the certificate/letter issued by the Mandal Revenue Officers, and whenever, certificate/letter is issued by the Mandal Revenue Officers to the effect that a particular survey number or a portion thereof is excluded from the list of Government/assigned lands, furnished/notified earlier, such cases, invariably should be referred to the District Collector for confirmation, and documents have to be registered only after getting the confirmation from the District Collector in writing. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Parvada, filed a detailed affidavit inter alia stating that on verification of the records of the Settlement Fair Adangal, he found that the lands of the petitioners are not D-Form patta lands, but zeroithi lands, and there is no prohibition for registration of such lands. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that in view of the stand taken by the Mandal Revenue Officer, Paravada, they have already instructed the Sub Registrar, Sabbavaram, to register the documents to be presented by the petitioner in respect of the lands, which are subject-matter of the writ petition, and that they would complete the process of registration, within a period of two weeks. In view of the stand taken by the respondents in the counters, as stated above, and having regard to the fact that the Office of the Government Pleader for Revenue, had already instructed the Sub Registrar, to register the documents to be presented by the petitioner in respect of the lands in question, no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Accordingly, placing the above counter averments and submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue on record, the writ petition is closed. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 31st January, 2008. KSR