THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU Writ Petition No.17336 of 2008 Date : 17-09-2009 Between : Telu Varalakshmi .. Petitioner And The Sub-Registrar, Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam .. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU Writ Petition No.17336 of 2008 ORDER : This Writ Petition is filed seeking Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not even accepting the presentation of the document of sale made by the petitioner concerning her property falling in Sy.No.243/5 and 6 of Vellanki Village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently to direct the respondent to accept the presentation of the document, process the same and register it in accordance with law. According to the petitioner, she is the absolute owner of the house site admeasuring 201.66 square yards bearing Plot No.131 in lay out approved by Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority in L.P.No.3 of 2004 covered by Zeroyiti Patta No.335 in Sy.No.243/5 and 6 of Vellanki Village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. She has purchased the said property through a registered sale deed bearing document No.CARD Project No.302-1-3406/2004 executed by R.K.Township Promotors (P) Limited. The lay out was developed by R.K.Township, which had taken meticulous care at the time of acquiring the land and developing it into a layout. All the revenue records pertaining to the subject land stand in the name of the predecessors of the petitioner in title and none of the revenue records pertaining to the subject land stand in the name of either Government or any religious, charitable institution or temple. While that being so, the petitioner was intending to sell away the property for quite some time. One, Telu Suryanarayana came forward to purchase the property, therefore, he submitted a sale deed drafted and engrossed on a stamp paper. The document was presented on 11-04-2008 for registration. However, the respondent directed to furnish a challan form for payment of stamp duty and registration charges on the sale deed and also asked to furnish the total stamp duty and the registration charges payable on the document and refused to accept even presentation of the document saying that there is a communication in the form of a letter from the Executive Officer, Sri Sri Sri Varahalakshmi Narasimhaswamy Vari Devasthanam, Simhachalam not to register lands falling in the survey numbers listed therein and that the survey number covering the land of the petitioner does figure in the list. Though the counter is filed stating that the land of the petitioner is mentioned as temple land, no Notice under Section 22-A of the Registration Act was issued. Under those circumstances, the first respondent - Sub-Registrar, Anandapuram, Visakhapatnam is directed to receive the document to be presented by the petitioner and process the same and register it as per law within a period of four weeks from the date of presentation. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ C.V.RAMULU, J. 17th September, 2009. skmr