THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.15212 OF 2010 DATED 30TH JUNE, 2010 BETWEEN Smt.Nadimpalli Indira And Others. … Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government Revenue Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. And Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.15212 OF 2010 ORDER: The documents executed in favour of the petitioners by one Smt.Kalidindi Nageswari, the ostensible owner and possessor of certain extents of land in T.S.No.1028 of Waltair Ward, Visakhapatnam, were kept pending registration. Upon enquiry, the petitioners were informed that the subject land was covered by a notification issued under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for brevity, ‘the Act of 1908’) prohibiting registration of documents in respect of the land in T.S.No.1028 of Waltair Ward, Visakhapatnam. G.O.Ms.No.657, Revenue (Registration-I) Department, dated 08.10.2001 was issued in exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (1) of Section 22-A of the Act of 1908 as it stood prior to its amendment in 2007. By way of the said G.O., prohibition with regard to the registration of documents was enforced on the ground of the same being opposed to public policy. T.S.No.1028 of Waltair Ward, Visakhapatnam finds mention along with other lands. Pertinent to note, G.O.Ms.No.657 dated 08.10.2001 was held to be illegal by this Court and was set aside in V.SURENDRA BABJI v. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH[1]. As the G.O. has already been held to be illegal and in the light of the amendment of Section 22-A of the Act of 1908 excluding the ground of public policy, prohibition as to the registration of documents presently has to be based on a notification issued under Section 22- A(e) read with Section 22-A(2) of the Act of 1908. In the present case, no such notification is extant. That being so, the action of the respondent authorities in keeping the petitioners’ documents pending registration is without any legal basis. The Writ Petition is accordingly allowed at the threshold directing the respondent authorities to complete the registration formalities in respect of the petitioners’ documents bearing Nos.P.1522/2010, P.1523/2010 and P.1524/2010 and release the same, subject to compliance with due procedure. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 30TH JUNE, 2010. Note: Copy of this order shall be furnished/despatched upon payment of the deficit court fees. B/O VGSR/PGS [1] W.P.No.11685 of 2002 dated 17.04.2009