THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23877 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners claim to be the owners of an extent of Acs.9.21 guntas of land in Survey No.103/18 of Shamshabad Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. They intended to sell part of the said land. Their grievance is that the Sub-Registrar, Shamshabad, Ranga Reddy District, the second respondent herein, is not receiving the documents on the basis of a notification issued under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short ‘the Act’) in G.O.Ms.No.786 Revenue (Reg.1) Department, dated 09.11.1999. The respondents filed a counter-affidavit and it is stated that the petitioners did not submit any documents at all. It is also stated that the land in question belongs to the Government and the registration of any document is prohibited under Section 22-A of the Act. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. While the petitioners assert that they have approached the second respondent with documents, the respondents deny the same. Be that as it may, the second respondent is vested with the power to verify the documents presented before him and to admit them to register in case they are otherwise in order. It is, no doubt, true that G.O.Ms.No.786, dated 09.11.1999, was issued under Section 22-A of the Act, as it stood then. The provision was struck down by this Court and in its place, a new provision is enacted. Therefore, the G.O. becomes redundant. The documents, if any, presented by the petitioners have to be examined with reference to the existing provisions of law. If the documents are otherwise in order and there is no prohibition against the lands, they have to be admitted to registration and on the other hand, if any ground exists for refusal of registration, the same needs to be communicated, so that the petitioners can work out their remedies. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the second respondent to process the documents that may be presented by the petitioners for registration and take appropriate action thereon. In case the documents cannot be registered for any reason, the same shall be communicated to the petitioner, within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of the presentation of the documents. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:20.02.2009 kdl