IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19777 of 2008 Between: M/s.Jayasree Anand Enterprises, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND The Sub Registrar, Dwarakanagar, Visakhapatnam and two others. .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 19777 of 2008 ORDER: It appears the 3rd respondent executed a sale deed i.e. agreement- cum-GPA, dated 11-09-1997 in favour of the petitioner before the 1st respondent and since then the petitioner has been in possession and enjoyment of the same. On the same day he also executed two similar sale deeds in favour of two others. However, the sale deed presented by the petitioner for registration before the 1st respondent was rejected by the proceedings dated 07-12-1998, on the ground that the value of the document could have been based on yardage, and not acreage. Aggrieved thereby, petitioner has filed W.P.No.8660 of 1999 before this Court. The said writ petition was dismissed on 21-04-1999 giving liberty to petitioner to file an appeal under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act. Therefore, the petitioner filed an appeal in C.M.A.No.2 of 2000 before the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam and the same was dismissed. Later, the 1st respondent issued notice dated 10-01-2005 directing the petitioner to pay stamp duty and penalty of Rs.7,16,210/-, and the petitioner paid the demanded amount, but the 1st respondent didn’t return the document to the petitioner duly registered. Aggrieved by the action of the 1st respondent, petitioner filed W.P.No.2701 of 2006 seeking a direction to the 1st respondent to register the agreement of sale- cum-GPA, dated 11-09-1997 and return the same to the petitioner. This Court, while disposing of the writ petition, directed the 1st respondent to take necessary action in considering the document submitted by the petitioner for registration within a period of two weeks from that date. But the 1st respondent again refused to register the document, by an endorsement dated 27-04-2006 2. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed an appeal in O.A.No.1 of 2006 before the District Registrar and the same was dismissed on 22-07- 2006. As against which, O.S.No.1396 of 2007 was filed before the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam, and the suit was dismissed on the ground that the petitioner has not obtained No Objection Certificate from the Special Officer, Urban Land Ceiling authorities, Visakhapatnam, as was found by the 1st respondent. Apart from that, petitioner sent a letter, dated 11-08-2008 to the respondents 1 and 2 stating that Urban Land Ceiling Act had now been repealed and accordingly requested to register the document without insisting upon any permission from U.L.C. authorities. But since there was no reply from the respondents, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3. Be that as it may, since the very Act of Urban Land Ceiling Act was repealed and applied in the State of Andhra Pradesh with effect from 22-04-2008, the question of even having N.O.C. from the U.L.C. authorities does not arise. 4. Under these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent-Sub Registrar, Dwaraka Nagar, Visakhapatnam, to register the document i.e. P883/97, presented by the petitioner, forthwith and release the same in favour of the petitioner in accordance with law. No order as to costs. ___________________ 09th October 2009 kvr