IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10546 of 2008 Between: Raavi Shankara Sastry S/o. Late K.V.Narayana Murthy R/o. 4-1-12/7, Nowroji Road, Daspalla Hills, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Registrar, Registration and Stamps Department, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Joint Sub Registrar-I Registration and Stamps Department, Near Old Post Office, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ order or a direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Manamus declaring the action of the second respondent in not receiving and registering the docuemnt presented by the petitioner for alienation of Flat No. 1, III Floor, Gokul Complex, Situated in Town Survey No. 1196, Waltair Ward, Daspalla Hills Nowroji Road, Visakhapatnam as being arbitrary illegal and unreasonable and contrary to the provisions of the Registration and Stamps Act, and issue a consequential direction directing the second respondent to forthwith receive and register the document presented by the petitioner without reference to the G.O.Ms.No. 657 dt. 8-10-2001 and pass such further or other orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.V.SIMHADRI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 10546 of 2008 Oral order: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent, namely the Joint Sub-Registrar-I, Registration and Stamps Department, Visakhapatnam, in refusing to receive and register the document presented by the petitioner for alienation of Flat No.1, III Floor, Gokul Complex, situated in Survey No.1196 of Waltair Ward, Daspalla hills, Nowroji Road, Visakhapatnam, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to receive and register the document presented by the petitioner in respect of the Flat in question. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The 2nd respondent, namely the Joint Sub-Registrar-I, Registration and Stamps Department, Visakhapatnam, is directed to receive and process the document to be presented by the petitioner in respect of the Flat in question in accordance with the provisions of the Stamps and Registration Act, 1908, expeditiously. In the event, if he has any objection to register the said document, it is open for him to make an endorsement to that effect by recording his reasons and communicate the same to the petitioner. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 02nd May 2008 KSR/Nsr