HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA W.P. No. 7007 of 2011 DATED: 18.03.2011 Between: C.Chaya Devi .. Petitioner And The District Collector and another .. Respondents O R D E R:- The petitioner is aggrieved by the action of the 2nd respondent- Sub-Registrar, Dharmavaram, Ananthapuram District in insisting upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ for the purpose of registering the document presented by the petitioner in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.5.41 cents in Sy.No.297-6 situated in Kunuturu village, Dharmavaram Mandal, Anantapur District. The subject land was originally assigned to one Smt.Y.Naramma, W/o.Mallanna who mortgaged it with the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, Regatipalli, Anantapur District, for the purpose of availing a loan. Due to her default in repayment, the said land was put to sale by way of public auction and the petitioner emerged as the highest bidder and purchased the same. Being desirous of selling the said land, the petitioner approached the 2nd respondent, but was asked to obtain a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the revenue authorities. Hence, this writ petition. In the light of the law laid down by a Division Bench of this Court in The Sub-Registrar, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District Vs. K.Guravaiah and others[1], once an assigned land mortgaged in its favour, is put to sale by a Cooperative Society/Cooperative Bank, the exemption under Section 6 of the A.P. Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977, would be applicable and such land would not be subject to the prohibition envisaged by the said Act. Therefore, the insistence by the second respondent upon certification from the Revenue Authorities as a condition precedent for entertaining the petitioner’s document in respect of the subject land on the ground that it was originally an assigned land, cannot be accepted. There shall accordingly be a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Dharmavaram, Anantapur District, to entertain the petitioner’s document in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.5.41 cents in Sy.No.297-6 situated in Kunuturu village, Dharmavaram Mandal, Anantapur District, and process the same for registration in accordance with law without insisting upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the Revenue Authorities. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No costs. _____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J 18.03.2011 bcj [1] 2009(2) ALD 250 (DB)