HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA W.P. No. 6653 of 2011 DATED: 18.03.2011 Between: Emgee Value Homes (I) Pvt. Ltd.and 32 others .. Petitioners And The Tahsildar The Sub-Registrar .. Respondents O R D E R:- The petitioners assert that they purchased various extents of lands in Sy.Nos.63 to 65 situated in Koritepadu village, Guntur Revenue Mandal, Guntur District. While so, it is stated that they submitted their documents before the 2nd respondent-Sub-Registrar for registration of their lands, who refused to register the documents on the basis of a letter dated 30.08.2010 addressed to him by the 1st respondent wherein it is mentioned that a revised list of assigned lands, endowments land and wakf lands situated in Guntur Mandal was given. It is further stated that no notification under Section 22(A) of the Registration Act prohibiting registration of the lands of the petitioners was issued. Now, the grievance of the petitioners is that the 2nd respondent, contrary to the provisions under Section 22(A) of the Registration Act, refused to register their documents. Hence the petitioners have filed the present writ petition seeking appropriate directions. The learned Government Pleader for Revenue has admitted that no Notification under Section 22(A) of the Act was issued prohibiting registration of land in S.Nos.63 to 65 of Koritepadu village, Guntur District. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents, I am of the considered opinion that the present writ petition is squarely covered by the decision rendered by this Court on 02.07.2010 in W.P. No.6016 of 2010 wherein it held to the following effect: “The writ petition is accordingly allowed holding that there is no legal basis for the registration authorities in insisting upon a “No Objection Certificate” from the revenue authorities as a condition precedent for entertaining any document for registration once the prohibition under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 does not come into operation. It is not open to the registration authorities to treat any particular land as Government land based on the mere communication to that effect by the revenue authorities which, in turn, is based on mere entries in the revenue records. There shall be a consequential direction to the Sub-Registrar, Piler, Chittoor District, respondent 3, to entertain the documents presented by the petitioners in respect of their lands in S.Nos.1969/2, 1972, 1969/1B and 1971 of Doddipalli village, Piler Mandal, Chittoor District and process the same for registration in accordance with law.” In the instant case, as there is no notification under Section 22- A of the Registration Act prohibiting registration of the lands of the petitioners, the 2nd respondent cannot refuse to entertain and process the documents for registration. Resultantly, the writ petition is allowed with a direction to the 2nd respondent-Sub-Registrar, Koritepadu, Guntur to receive the documents presented by the petitioners for registration of their lands and process the same in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J 18.03.2011 Note: Furnish copy in a week B/o bcj