THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RA W.P.No. 10786 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner asserts that he has purchased land of an extent of Ac.3.84 cts in R.S. No. 335/1 and 311/8 situated at Theegalavancha, Chintalapudi Mandal, West Godavari District at a public auction conducted by District Cooperative Central Bank, West Godavari. The Sub-Registrar, Chintalapudi, West Godavari is declining to register the sale deed said to have been executed by the bank in favour of the petitioner herein on the premise that this land is an assigned land by the government and therefore it contravenes the prohibition of alienation contained in the grant. A Division Bench of this Court in Sub-Registrar, Srikalahasti v. K.Guravaiah[1] held that Section 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, will not get attracted when the mortgage land of the assignee is sold at a public auction towards recovery of the debt by such an assignee. In view of this legal principle enunciated by the Division Bench and in view of the assertion that the writ petitioner has participated in the public auction conducted by the District Cooperative Central Bank and purchased the same being the highest bidder, the Sub- Registrar shall not decline and entertain to register the document of sale presented by the bank and the petitioner herein. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed at the admission stage directing the respondents to entertain and register the Deed of Sale executed by and on behalf of District Cooperative Central Bank, West Godavari in favour of the petitioner. No costs. --------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J Knk 19th April 2011 Note: CC by 25.4.2011 (b/o) knk [1] 2009(2) ALD 250