THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.17983 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in refusing to register the document presented by the petitioner in favour of one J.Pullaiah in respect of land admeasuring Acs.5-43 cents in Survey No.573 of Balayapally Village, SAKN Mandal, Kadapa District, as per letter, dated 10.08.2009, though the same is the private patta land, as arbitrary, illegal and consequently, direct the respondent to register the sale deed presented by the petitioner in respect of the above land. According to the petitioner, his mother-in-law purchased the land in question from one N.Narayana Rao on 26.04.2002 by virtue of document No.392 of 2002. Subsequently, she gifted the said land to the petitioner under registered gift deed, dated 07.07.2004. To sell a part of the land, the petitioner entered into an agreement of sale with one J.Pullaiah and presented the same before the respondent for registration. The respondent, however, refused to register the same on the ground that the land in question belongs to the Government. The counter affidavit filed by the respondent reveals that in the list of the lands furnished by the revenue authorities to the respondent herein, it was mentioned that the land in question belongs to the Government. The learned counsel for the petitioner asserts that it is the ancestral property of one Narayana Rao, who in turn, sold it to the petitioner’s mother-in-law, who subsequently, executed a gift deed, which was registered, in favour of the petitioner and at no point of time, the respondent has taken any objection. Therefore, the objection of the respondent to register the document in respect of the land in question is untenable. Be that as it may, it is for the revenue authorities to decide whether the land in question belongs to the Government or not. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioner to submit a detailed representation before the Tahsildar, SAKN Mandal, Kadapa District, within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of the order. On filing such representation, the Tahsildar, SAKN Mandal, Kadapa District, shall dispose of the same as per law, within a period of eight (8) weeks thereafter, and communicate the same to the petitioner. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ C.V.RAMULU, J 20th OCTOBER, 2009. Note: issue c.c. in one week. kvni