IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10215 of 2008 Between: 1 K.Papi Reddy S/o. Late Subbi Reddy R/o. D.No.2/40, Thalla Subbanna Colony Kotha Naidu, Madanapalle. 2 Cheruku Chandrasekhar Reddy S/o. C. Ramakrishna Reddy R/o.D.No. 12-469-9-4, Nehru Nagar, Madanapalle. Town now R/o. D.No. 15, P & T Colony, Raithibowly, Hyderabad. 3 Smt. K. lakshmi Dev W/o. K. Gopal Reddy R/o.D.No. 13-145-2B, A.V. Naidu Colony, Madanapalle. 4 Smt. A. Sailakumari W/o. Reddy Raja Reddy R/o. Laddigam (V) Chowdepalle Mandal, Chittoor District. 5 S. Nagaraja S?o. Ramachandraiah R/o.D.No. 17-465/B/4/D1 Nehrunagar, Madanapalle, Chittoor District. 6 A. Krishnamurthy S/o. Siddappa R/o.SBI Colony, Madanapalle, Chittoor District. 7 N. Venkateswara Prasad S/o.Narayana Sway R/o.SBI Colony, Madanapalle, Chittoor District. 8 N. Vidyasagar S/o. Late Narayana Swamy R/o. Jopgappagari Street, Madanapalle, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT 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 of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction directing the respondent to answer the reference that has been submitted to him by the Sub Registrar, Madanapalle Dt.11-1-2008 with regard to the confirmation of the revised list furnished by the Tahsildar, Madanapale in Letter No. Roc A1/07 dt. 10- 12-2007 that the land in S.o. 510/2 is not included as either Government land or Assigned land and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.V.SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 10215 of 2008 Order: This writ petition is filed seeking to direct the respondent, namely the District Collector, Chittoor, to answer the reference submitted by the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, on 11.01.2008 with regard to confirmation of the revised list furnished by the Tahsildar, Madanapale, in Letter No. Roc A1/07 dated 10.12.2007, that the land in Survey No. 510/2 is not included as either Government land or assigned land. The petitioners state that they have entered into an agreement of sale dated 19.11.1997 coupled with delivery of possession with regard to an extent of Ac.4.70 cents situated in Survey No. 510/2 of B.K. Palle village, and when the executants of the said document failed to execute a sale deed, they filed a civil Suit being O.S. No. 16 of 2003 for specific performance of said agreement, which was subsequently ended in compromise, and a compromise decree was passed. The case of the petitioners is that when the judgment debtors have not complied with the decree, they filed execution petition before the II Addl. District Judge, Madanapalle, and when the II Addl. District Judge, Madanapalle, sent the document for registration in respect of the land in the above said survey number, the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, refused to register the document stating that as per the list of assigned lands furnished by the Tahsildar, by letters dated 06.01.2006 and 26.04.2007 the land in Survey No.510/2 of B.K. Palle Village is classified as DKT land, but in the revised list furnished by him, by letter dated 10.12.2007, the land in the said survey number is not included as either Government land or assigned land, and since the confirmation of the District Collector is necessary a reference has been submitted by him to the District Collector on 11.01.2008 and pending confirmation of the revised list by the District Collector the registration of document in Survey No.510/2 cannot be entertained. Hence, the petitioners filed the present writ petition seeking to direct the respondent, namely the District Collector to answer the reference dated 11.01.2008 submitted by the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, and both of them agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The respondent, namely the District Collector, Chittoor, is directed to consider and dispose of the reference dated 11.01.2008 submitted by the Sub-Registrar, Madanapalle, with regard to confirmation of the revised list furnished by the Tahsildar, Madanapalle, in Letter No. Roc A1/07 dated 10.12.2007, and pass appropriate orders thereon and communicate the same to the Sub- Registrar, Madanapalle, to enable him to register the document, expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 10.06.2008 Nsr