THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITON No.3321 of 2011 ORDER: The action of respondent No.1 in refusing to register the sale deed presented by the petitioner on the ground that the land sought to be conveyed is an assigned land, is assailed in this writ petition. The petitioner asserts that the land to an extent of Ac.4.37 cents in RS.No.381/1 of Bandivarigudem village, T.Narasapuram Mandal, was purchased by him in an open auction conducted by the Deputy Registrar/Special Officer on behalf of Makkinavarigudem Primary Agricultural Society. The said sale was confirmed on 15.03.2007 and a sale certificate in Form No.10 was issued in favour of the petitioner. When the petitioner sought to sell this land, respondent No.1 is said to have not entertained the same on the ground that it is an assigned land. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by a judgment passed by a Division Bench of this Court in Sub-Registrar, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District vs. K.Guravaiah[1], wherein it was held that an assigned land which was sold in public auction in execution of recovery of debt by a cooperative society can be sold by the purchaser and that the prohibition against alienation contained in the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 does not apply to such sale transactions. In view of this settled legal position, the objection said to have been raised by respondent No.1 for registration of the document in respect of the abovementioned land cannot be sustained in law. Learned counsel for the respondents did not dispute the aforementioned settled legal position. In view of the above, this writ petition is allowed. Respondent No.1 is directed to receive the document in respect of the abovementioned land sought to be submitted by the petitioner and process the same for registration in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J 15.02.2011 v v [1] 2009(2) ALD 250