IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 379 of 2009 Between: L.Ranganatham, S/o. Late L.Rangaiah, R/o. 11/429, Jangamallappa Street, Kadapa, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by The Inspector General of Stamps and Registration, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Sub-Registrar-I, Registration & Stamps Department, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 3 The District Registrar, Registration and Stamps Department, Kadapa District, kadapa .....RESPONDENTS 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 Mandamus, declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in calling for information or seeking the permission of the Revenue department in the matter of the Registration of pending document No.143/2008 presented to him for registration as illegal and violative of circular instructions of the 1st respondents contained in Memo.No.10234/Reg.I(1)/2006-3 dated 18-3-2006 and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to register and hand over the registered document bearing pending no.143 of 2008 of the petitioner relating to land in survey No.64 B-1, B-1 in Kadapa Shahar, Kadapa Mandal. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.SRINATH Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner presented a sale deed executed on 03.10.2008 for registration before the second respondent. His grievance is that the document was not registered so far, nor any reasons for non-registration are communicated. According to the petitioner, the second respondent has referred the matter to the revenue authorities, and in the process, the delay is taking place. It is urged that in view of the circular memo, dated 18.03.2006, issued by the Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, there is no necessity to refer the documents to revenue department. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The registering authority is conferred with the power to verify the documents and admit the same to registration. It is not in doubt that by amending Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’), the A.P. State Legislature prohibited registration of certain documents relating to certain categories of lands. Obviously, the second respondent needs some time to verify whether the subject matter of a document presented for registration falls into any of the categories mentioned in Section 22-A of the Act. That, however, cannot take months together. The undue delay in registering the document would have its own repercussions and adverse effect on the rights of the parties. There cannot be any justification for the second respondent to keep the matter pending for such a long time. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent either to admit the document presented by the petitioner to registration and release it, or to communicate the reasons for not registering the document, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dated:22.01.2009 GJ