THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 4550 of 2011 Date: 01st March, 2011 Between: S.Venkataramudu and another … Petitioners A n d The District Collector and 3 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No. 4550 of 2011 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners is that the Sub-Registrar, Ananthapur Rural, Ananthapur District, the 4th Respondent herein, was not entertaining the documents presented by them in respect of the lands in Survey No.18-1 of Yerragunta Village, Rapthadu Mandal, Ananthapur District, for registration. 2. Upon instructions, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue stated that the lands in the subject survey number were not claimed to be Government land and that the petitioners have not presented any document for registration. 3. Sri N.Aswarthanarayana, learned counsel for the petitioners, however stated that the registration authority was insisting upon production of a ‘No Objection Certificate’ as a condition precedent for entertaining the documents and, therefore, his clients were not in a position to present the documents before the 4th Respondent. 4. This Court has consistently held that it is not open to the registration authorities to insist upon production of a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the revenue authorities as a condition precedent for entertaining documents for registration. In the event the Government wishes to put in place any prohibition with regard to registration of documents in respect of the lands falling under Section 22-A (1) (e) of the Registration Act, 1908, it must do so by issuing a notification under Section 22-A(2) of the said Act. In the absence of such a notification, it would not be open to the revenue authorities to assert a claim over any land basing on revenue entries or seek to interdict the registration authorities from entertaining documents for registration in respect of such lands. The Sub-Registrar, Ananthapur Rural, Ananthapur District, cannot therefore insist upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the revenue authorities before entertaining the petitioners’ documents in respect of the lands in Survey No.18-1 of Yerragunta Village, Rapthadu Mandal, Ananthapur District. 4. There shall accordingly be a direction to the Sub-Registrar, Ananthapur Rural, Ananthapur District, to entertain the petitioners’ documents and process the same for registration in accordance with law without insisting upon a ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the revenue authorities. 5. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR 01st March, 2011 Note: Issue C.C. within 4 days. B/o Ksm / Vv