THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8792 of 2009 June 11, 2010 Between: V.Pratima, W/o.K.Srikanth And others … Petitioners And The Sub Registrar, I-Town Area, Visakhapatnam And others ... Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.8792 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner No.21 statedly executed gift deeds in favour of petitioners 1 to 3 and also executed possessory agreements of sale coupled with General Power of Attorney in favour of petitioners 4 to 20. He executed the documents for various extents of land in survey Nos.1196 and 1197 situated at Waltair Road, Visakhapatnam. The said documents are pending with first respondent as P319 to P339 for registration. He refused to register the documents on the ground that by notification issued under Section 22A of the Registration Act, 1908, there is prohibition of registration in respect of lands covered by survey Nos.1196 and 1197. Aggrieved by the same, present writ petition is filed seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent to register and release the documents P319 to P339. Be it noted that when a document is presented, it is incumbent on the part of the Registering Officer to examine the same with reference to Sections 31 to 36 of the Act and/or Rules 26 to 58 of the Andhra Pradesh Rules under the Act. This aspect of the matter was considered by my learned brother Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy in W.P.No.15199 of 2004, dated 01.9.2004. Following the above, the writ petition is disposed of directing first respondent or any other Registering Officer to consider the documents presented by the petitioners for registration and pass appropriate orders within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Be it noted, if for any reason, the documents presented are not registered, it is incumbent on the part of the Registering Officer to record and furnish reasons under Section 71 of the Act. Even thereafter, if petitioners have any grievance, they may file appeal before the appellate authority under Section 72 of the Act. Thereafter, if any adverse order is passed by the appellate authority, the petitioners can file a suit under Section 77 of the Act. Be it made clear that this order shall not be construed as favourable or unfavourable finding conferring title on parties hereto or third parties. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. ______________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) June 11, 2010 YS