THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8119 OF 2011 DATED 1st APRIL, 2011 BETWEEN: Sheik Dastagiri Saheb and another. … Petitioners A n d The District Collector, Chittoor, Chittoor District, And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.8119 OF 2011 O R D E R The petitioners seek a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Pileru, Chittoor District, to receive and register their documents in respect of the lands in Sy.Nos.1965-2 of Doddipalli Village, Pileru Mandal, Chittoor District. Upon instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue stated that the subject lands were claimed by the revenue authorities to be Government lands on the basis of revenue records and on that basis, they had been included in the list of lands with regard to which a prohibition as to registration of documents would operate. He however conceded that no notification under Section 22- A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908 had been published in respect of the subject lands. This Court has time and again held that it would not be open to the revenue authorities to stall the registration of documents in respect of lands, claiming them to be Government lands on the basis of revenue records without publishing a notification under Section 22- A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908 in respect thereof. Unless the prohibition is sourced in law, the revenue authorities cannot restrain the registration authorities from proceeding with the registration of documents. In the absence of a notification under Section 22-A(2) of the Registration Act, 1908, it is not open to the Sub-Registrar, Pileru, Chittoor District, to refuse to entertain documents for registration in respect of the subject lands. The writ petition is accordingly allowed. The Sub-Registrar, Pileru, Chittoor District, is directed to receive, register and deliver, in accordance with the due procedure, the documents presented for registration by the petitioners in respect of the subject lands without insisting upon certification from the revenue authorities. No costs. --------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 1ST APRIL, 2011 PGS/VGSR