THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3559 of 2007 Date: 23.02.2007 Between: Adusumalli Anjaneyulu and another. ….Petitioners and The Sub-Registrar of Assurances, Addanki Mandal, Prakasam District and another. ….Respondents O R D E R: The petitioners state that they are the owners and possessors of the land admeasuring Acs.2.05 cents in Sy.No.1004/2B situated at North Addanki, Addanki Village and Mandal, Prakasam District, and that they intended to sell the said property and approached the 1st respondent for issuance of certificate of market value for the aforesaid property, for payment of stamp duty and registration fee. According to them, the 1st respondent refused to register the same, on the ground that the Government issued a notification under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’), in respect of the land in the said survey number. This writ petition is filed seeking appropriate directions to the respondents in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. Section 22-A of the Act empowered the Government to issue notifications almost preventing the registration of documents in respect of the lands to be mentioned therein. Such a power was held to be ultra vires and the provision was struck down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Rajasthan v. Basanth Nahata[1]. Once the sole basis for the 1st respondent to refuse registration had disappeared, he is under obligation to receive the documents and consider the same in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the 1st respondent to receive and process the document presented by the petitioners and take necessary steps in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and the Registration Act, within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ 23.02.2007 Note:Furnish C.C. in three days. (B/o) GJ [1] AIR 2005 SC 3401 = (2005) 12 SCC 77