IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 18204 of 2005 Between: T.Vasanth Rao ..... PETITIONER AND The District Registrar Office of the District Registrar Nizamshahi Road, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the alleged action of the 2nd respondent in not registering the agreement of sale-cum-GPA presented by the petitioner in respect of the property bearing Municipal No.17-2-258/5/1 situated at Madannapet Hyderabad, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner states that the said document was presented for registration on 01.03.2004 duly paying the requisite registration charges. However, the respondents have kept the same pending without there being any justifiable reason. The petitioner asserts that no notification is issued under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, in respect of the land in question and therefore, there is absolutely no justification on the part of the respondents in not registering the document in question. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. The law is well settled that once a document is presented for registration, the registration authority is bound to receive the same and process it in accordance with law. In case there is any objection for registration, it is open to the respondents to pass an order refusing registration but he cannot merely keep the same pending. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to process and register the document in question in accordance with law. It is made clear that in case, there is any objection for registering the document in question, it is open to the respondents to raise such objection but the same shall be communicated to the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU,J Dated: 31.08.2005 Dsr