IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.1440 OF 2011 Between: Smt. Nerella Seetaravamma. … Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary-Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. … Respondents This Court made the following: O R D E R : The grievance of the petitioner herein is with regard to the inaction of the Sub-Registrar, Chirala, Prakasam District in registering the sale deed executed by her relating to H.No.3-7, G2, Ground Floor, Balaji Estates, Mahatma Gandhi Housing Colony Extension, Plot No.7, Chirala, Prakasak District. 2. The Sub Registrar, Chirala filed a counter in the matter stating that the petitioner was claiming rights over an extent of land in Survey No.216/2 of Chirla Reveue Village, covered by Door No.3-7, G2, Mahatma Gandhi Housing Colony Extension, Plot No.7, Chirala Prakasam District. It is his case that the Mandal Revenue Officer, Chirala, in his letter dated 21-07-2007 furnished a list of assigned lands and Government lands in respect of which registration of documents was prohibited. In the said list, the land in Survey No.216/2 of Chirala was shown as a Government land, being assessed waste land. The Sub Registrar stated that there was thus a statutory prohibition with regard to registration of the petitioner’s document. 3. It is however to be noticed that it is not the case of the respondents that any notification was issued by the Government under Section 22-A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908 covering the subject land. This Court had occasion earlier to deal with a similar fact situation in W.P.No.6016 of 2010 and held that in so far as Government lands falling within Section 22-A(1)(e) of the Registration Act, 1908 are concerned, unless a notification under Sub-section 2 of Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 is issued by the Government, the prohibition contained therein would not come into play and the Registration authorities would not be entitled to deny registration of a document in respect of such lands. Admittedly, there is no such notification in the present case. 4. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing the Sub Registrar, Chirala, to entertain the petitioner’s document for registration in the context of the observations made herein above without reference to the letter dated 21-07-2007 of the Mandal Revenue Officer, Chirala, and process the same for registration in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 25-02-2011. KVS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 1440 OF 2011 February 25, 2011