THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23908 of 2010 Date:27.09.2010 Between: Kanchana Venkateswararao ..... Petitioner AND The Sub Registrar, Chintalapudi and another .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri M.P.V.N.V. Sastry Counsel for Respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue The Court made the following: ORDER: The action of respondent No.1 in refusing to register the sale deed sought to be presented by the petitioner on the ground that the land sought to be conveyed is an assigned land is assailed in this writ petition. From the averments contained in affidavit and the material filed in support of the writ petition, it is quite evident that land to an extent of Acs.5.13 cents in R.S.No.69/1 of Chintampalli Village, Chintalapudi Mandal, was purchased by the petitioner under an open auction conducted by the Deputy Registrar/Special Officer on behalf of Sitanagaram Primary Agricultural Society. The said sale was confirmed on 24.08.2006 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 not an assigned land. A Division Bench of this Court in Sub-Registrar, Srikalahasti, Chittoor District vs.K. Guravaiah[1] 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. The Writ Petition is accordingly allowed. Respondent No.1 is directed to receive and register the sale transaction covering the abovementioned land as and when the document is presented by the petitioner subject to the latter complying with all legal formalities. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.30589 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 27th September, 2010 GHN [1] 2009(s) ALD 250