The Hon'ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.21866 of 2010 Date: 07-09-2010 Between: Konari Sridevi and another ..... Petitioners AND The State of Andhra Pradesh and 2 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.P.Roy Reddy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in treating the lands, admeasuring Ac.0-72 cents and Ac.0-28 cents comprised in Survey Nos.414/21 and 414/23 respectively of Seetanagaram Village, Anakapalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, belonging to the petitioners as Government lands, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri P.Roy Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioners, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue representing the respondents. According to the petitioners, they are the absolute owners of the above-mentioned lands. It is their pleaded case that Survey No.414 comprised Ac.7-22 cents, out of which Ac.0-25 cents is classified as Vagu Poramboke, which is prohibited from being transferred. When the petitioners approached respondent No.3 for registration of their sale deeds in respect of the above-mentioned lands, he has orally informed the petitioners that he was instructed not to register the said lands as they were covered by a notification issued under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’). The petitioners averred that except the above-mentioned Ac.0-25 cents in Survey No.414, the rest of the land comprised therein is private land and not prohibited from alienation. The petitioners have also averred that the notification was issued prior to the striking down of Section 22-A of the Act and that thereafter, no fresh notification has been issued. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue, on instructions, fairly conceded that no fresh notification was issued after Section 22-A of the Act was re- enacted following the judgment of this Court. Under Section 22-A of the Act, which was substituted by the A.P.Act, 19 of 2007, with effect from 20-06-2007, various categories of documents are prohibited from registration. Under Clause (e) thereof, the State is required to issue a notification prohibiting registration of any document or class of documents. As no such notification has been issued, respondent No.3 cannot refuse registration of the documents proposed to be presented by the petitioners in respect of the lands belonging to them. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is allowed and a Mandamus shall be issued to respondent No.3 to receive the documents proposed to be presented by the petitioners and register the same in accordance with law. As a sequel, to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.27817 of 2010, filed by the petitioners for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 7th September, 2010 lur