THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.373 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner purchased a plot of 300 square yards carved out of Survey No.641/u (in telugu) from one Mr.Balam Nagaiah and others through a sale deed dated 19.05.1987. The vendors of the petitioner in turn purchased that plot from Smt. Kolanu Sathamma through document, dated 17.02.1987. The petitioner wanted to sell the plot and accordingly approached the Sub- Registrar, Pedda Amberpet, 3rd respondent herein with a request to furnish the particulars as to market value, stamp duty etc. The 3rd respondent informed the petitioner that the land in Survey No.641 is included in the prohibited category of survey numbers supplied by the District Collector, Ranga Reddy and in that view of the matter, a certificate was also issued to the effect that the land belongs to Government. The petitioner feels aggrieved by the same. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. With a view to prohibit sale of Government lands, initially Section 22-A of the Registration Act was amended and after that amendment was set aside by this Court, a further amendment was effected in the recent past. The provision, as it stands now, prohibits the registration of documents for transfer of lands held by the Government religious institutions etc. In case, the plot of land owned by the petitioner belongs to Government, the action of the 3rd respondent cannot be interfered with. The land in Survey No.641 of Koheda Village is vast in extent viz., Ac.17.37 cents. Out of this, Ac.7.15 guntas was assigned in favour of four individuals, after taking the same as ceiling surplus. Remaining extent of Ac.10.22 gutnas was held by Kolanu Sathamma as pattadar. The said land was divided into plots. This was certified by the Deputy Collector and Tahsildar, Hayatnagar, through his memo dated 02.01.2010. The plot owned by the petitioner is carved out of the land held by Kolanu Sathamma. This is evident from the fact that Sathamma herself executed sale deed in favour of the vendors of the petitioner. Therefore, it cannot be said that the plot purchased by the petitioner belongs to Government. Once in clear and categorical terms, the Deputy Collector certified that the land held by Sathamma is classified as patta, there cannot be any justification in refusing to receive the document. Therefore, the writ petition is allowed and the 3rd respondent is directed to receive the document presented by the petitioner and process the same in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 25.01.2010 Note: Issue C.C. in three days. (B/o) JSU THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.373 of 2010 Date: 25.01.2010 JSU