IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 23271 of 2008 Between: Musinana Appa Rao S/o Suryanarayana 34-10-15 Janapuram Dayas Street Visakhapatnam-4 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep.by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department Secretariat,Hyderabad 2 The Sub Registrar Gopalapatnam,Visakhapatnam .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the 2nd respondent to receive and register the document, Agreement of Sale with possession of land admeasuring Ac.1.20 cents in Survey No.275/B1 situate at Adivivaram(V) Visakhapatnam District in favour of S.V.Vasantanayalu@ Chinna and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.SREE RANGA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO. 23271 of 2008 ORDER: 1 Questioning the inaction on the part of the 2nd respondent in receiving and registering the agreement of sale with possession of land admeasuring Ac.1.20 cents in Sy.No.275/B1 situated at Adivivaram village, Visakhapatnam District in favour of S.V.Vasanatharayalu @ Chinna, petitioner filed this Writ Petition. 2 However, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Revenue have agreed for the disposal of the Writ Petition at the admission stage. 3 It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue that the issue raised in this writ petition was considered and decided by a learned Judge of this Court in W.P. No. 14132 of 2007, and that the learned Judge, having considered the eﬀect of the newly incorporated Section 22-A in the Stamps and Registration Act, 1908 incorporated vide Act 19 of 2007, disposed of the writ petition by order dated 05.07.2007 with the following directions: “The 2nd respondent is directed to receive and process the document presented by the petitioners in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Act and Registration Act, as amended through Act 19 of 2007, and take necessary steps within a period of one week from the date of receipt of the document. In case the document cannot be registered, he shall communicate the reasons in writing, within that period.” 4 In the circumstances, following the said judgment, and for the reasons mentioned therein, this writ petition is also disposed of by and in terms of the directions as extracted above. A copy of the above judgment, shall be annexed to this order. No costs. ------------------------- N.V.RAMANA, J. 03.11.2008 kvsn