IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 10379 of 2008 Between: 1 Padala Satyanarayan Reddy S/o. Harinnadha Reddy R/o. Kumkudur(V), Biccavolu (M), E.G.Dist. 2 Padala Harinnatha Reddy S/o. Satyanarayan Reddy R/o. Kumkudur(V), Biccavolu (M), E.G.Dist. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Sub Registrar, Biccavolu, East Godavari Dist. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent not registering the sale deeds dt. 23-6-2005 pertaining to Sy.No.274/3, Kapavaram Village, Biccasvolu Mandal, East Godavari District as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Art. 14 and 300-A of Constitution of India r/w provisions of Registration Act, 1908 and consequently direct the respodnent to register the same forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MRNVIJAY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 10379 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioners filed this writ petition questioning the action of the respondent, namely the Sub Registrar, Biccavolu, East Godavari District, in not registering the sale deeds dated 23.06.2005 in relation to the land in Sy. No. 274/3, Kapavaram village, Biccavolu Mandal, East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondent to register the same forthwith. The petitioners state that one Sri. Bathina Satteyya S/o Surayya is the owner of several properties in Kapavaram village, East Godavari District, including the land in Sy. No. 274/3. That he executed a General Power of Attorney on 09.06.2005 in favour of one Padala Satyanarayana Reddy S/o Padala Papa Rao of Anaparthi village, who in turn executed two sale deeds in respect of land in an extent of Ac.3.00 in Sy. No. 274/3, Kapavaram village, in favour of the petitioners on 23.06.2005. Thereupon, the petitioners state that they presented the said two sale deeds for registration before the respondent on 23.06.2005, but the respondent refused to register the same stating that there is an order of injunction dated 13.06.2005 passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Ramachandrapuram, in I.A. No. 651/2005 in O.S. No. 142 of 2005, filed against Bathina Satteyya by his sons, for partition of the property. The petitioners state that the said suit was compromised by and between the parties to the suit, before the Mandal Lok Adalat, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari district, on 22.09.2007, and to the said effect, an award was also passed, and it is the grievance of the petitioners that though they brought the factum of compromise of the suit between the parties thereto, but the respondent refused to register the sale deeds. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for the respondent. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue on instructions from the respondent, who was present in the Court, submitted that since the suit in O.S. No. 142 of 2005 between the parties thereto, ended in compromise by award dated 22.09.2007, passed by the Mandal Lok Adalat, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District, in L.A.C. No. 480 of 2007, the respondent would register the sale deeds presented by the petitioners. In view of this agreed stand taken by the respondent, who was present in the Court, both the counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following directions: The respondent is directed to receive the sale deeds dated 23.06.2005 presented/to be presented by the petitioners, process and register the same, without reference to the injunction order passed in I.A. No. 651 of 2005 in O.S. No. 142 of 2005 by the Senior Civil Judge, Ramachandrapuram, since the subject-matter thereof, was compromised by award dated 22.09.2007 passed by the Mandal Lok Adalat, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District, in LA.C. No. 480 of 2007, if the same are otherwise in order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Dated: 4th July, 2008. KSR