THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.21794 OF 2006 DATED:01-11-2006 BETWEEN Challa Onamalu … Petitioner and The Sub Registrar, Sub-Registrar’s Office, Kuchimanchi, Kunchimanchi Mandal, Khammam District and another. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.21794 OF 2006 ORDER: The petitioner and other family members sold land admeasuring Acs.1.02½ guntas to one Sudershan Rao and Smt.Vani. The two sale deeds executed by them were presented before the registering authority, namely, first respondent, which were kept pending for registration as P8/2006 and P9/2006, dated 31.03.2006. Aggrieved by the action of the first respondent in not releasing the documents, the present writ petition. I n State of Rajasthan v Basant Nahata[1], the Supreme Court struck down the provision in the Registration Act, 1908 (the Act, for brevity) as amended by the State of Rajasthan as ultra vires. Following the same, a Division Bench of this Court in its Judgment, dated 07.12.2005 in W.P.No.14099 of 2003 and batch struck down Section 22-A of the Act as applicable in State of Andhra Pradesh. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that Special Leave Petition filed by the State Government against the said Judgment was also dismissed by the Supreme Court on 11.08.2006. Therefore, the impugned action cannot be sustained. Following the Judgment of the Division Bench, this writ petition is disposed of. As and when the documents are presented by the petitioner, the registering authority shall accept the same for registration and if for any reasons, the same cannot be registered, record and furnish the reasons. If the petitioner has any grievance thereafter, it shall be open to the petitioner to file appeal under Section 72 of the Act before the District Registrar. If the District Registrar i.e., the Appellate Authority declines to give direction to the Registering Authority, the aggrieved person has to file a suit under Section 77 of the Act. The writ petition, subject to the above observations, is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ______________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) 01.11.2006 pln [1] (2005) 12 SCC 77 = 2005 AIR SCW 4456