IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 424 of 2009 Between: 1 Gali Venkata Reddy, S/o. Bayyapa Reddy, Bachunapalli Village, Ananthapur Manal, 2 Gali Krishna Reddy, S/o. Bayyapa Reddy, Bachunapalli Village, Ananthapur Manal, ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Sub Registrar, Office of the Sub Registrar of Assurances, Ramnagar, Ananthapur. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction declaring the impugned action of the respondents particularly the 2nd Respondents in not accepting the documents in respect of the petitioners land bearing S.No.110 of an extent of Ac.7.49 cents of Rachanaplli Village, Ananatapur District presented for registration and register/raise objections as per provisions of the Registration Act and not disposing off our representation dated 23.12.2008 without following due process of law as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice etc and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to accept the sale agreements/ deeds in respect of our lands stated supra and register or dispose otherwise as provided by the Registration Act including Sec.22a of the Act, and grant such other just and consequential relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioners :MR.N.V.ANANTHA KRISHNA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners state that they have presented sale deeds for registration before the second respondent in respect of the land in Survey No.110 of Rachanapalli Village, Anantapur District. The grievance of the petitioners is that the second respondent is refusing to receive the documents, much less to admit them to registration. They seek appropriate directions in this regard. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’) and the Rules made thereunder prescribe the procedure for admitting the documents to registration. In case a document is otherwise found to be in order and duly stamped, it has to be admitted to registration. On the other hand, if the subject matter of a document is covered by any land mentioned under Section 22-A of the Act, or it cannot be registered for any reasons, the registering authority has to communicate the same. The refusal to receive the documents amounts to abdication of powers conferred under the Act, apart from arbitrary exercise of power. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to receive the documents presented by the petitioners. In case the documents can be admitted to registration, he shall take necessary steps in that direction, within four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On the other hand, if the documents cannot be admitted to registration, the reasons therefor shall be communicated to the petitioners within the same time. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.30-01-2009. GJ