IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19636 of 2008 Between: Tamburu Pratap Reddy S/o. Krishna Reddy 4-36 Sadasivuni Palem(V) Sathupalli(M),Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Commissioner and Inspector General Stamps and Registration.Golkonda X Roads,Hyderabad 2 The Sub Registrar Sathupally,Khammam District ...RESPONDENTS 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 pass order or orders more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.2 in not entertaining Gift Settlement Deed Dt 21-08-2008 vide document P.No.27/08 as illegal, arbitrary and much against the principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.CH.SHANMUKHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled assailing the action of the second respondent – Sub Registrar, Sathupally, Khammam District in refusing to register the sale deed dated 21.8.2008 vide document P.No.27/08. It is the case of the petitioner that he purchased the land admeasuring Ac.2.00 in Sy.No.39/15 of Siddaram Village of erstwhile Madhira Taluk and now the Sathupalli Mandal under an agreement of sale dated 3.6.1969 from one Anjayya, S/o Sadu Lakshmaiah, the original assignee of the land to whom the Government has issued loani pattas in the year 1955 and that mutation was also got eﬀected in the relevant revenue records. While so, when he wanted to sell the said land and presented the documents before the authorities, the same was rejected on the ground that the same was hit by the provisions of Section 3 of the A.P.Assigned Lands Prohibition of Transfers Act, 1977 and also that the said lands were notiﬁed under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908. It is stated that the Government vide G.O.Ms.No.1406 dated 25.07.1958 has introduced a clause prohibiting sale of the assigned lands and since the lands in question are assigned in the year 1955, the said G.O. has no application to the facts of the present case. Despite the same, the 2nd respondent- Sub Registrar refused to register the sale deed dated 22.08.2008 vide document P.No.28/08. Hence, he ﬁled the present writ petition. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue submitted that in similar circumstances, this Court in W.P.No.15078 of 2008 vide order dated 16.07.2008 disposed of the said writ petition directing the Sub Registrar to register the sale deed presented by the petitioner, if the same was otherwise in order. Admittedly, the land in question was also assigned in the year 1955. Therefore, G.O.Ms.No.1406 dated 25.07.1958 has no application to the said lands and there is no prohibition for alienation of the same. In the circumstances, following the aforesaid Judgment dated 16.7.2008 of this Court in W.P.No.15078 of 2008, this writ petition is also disposed of with the following directions: The 2nd respondent – Sub Registrar, Sathupally, Khammam District, is directed to register the sale deed dated 21.08.2008 presented by the petitioner in respect of the land in question, if it is otherwise in order, expeditiously. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA,J 10.09.2008 MSV ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep.by its Commissioner and Inspector General Stamps and Registration.Golkonda X Roads,Hyderabad 2 The Sub Registrar Sathupally,Khammam District 3 2CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of A.P. Hyd. 4 2CD copies