THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5421 of 2010 Dated:12.03.2010 Between: Peddada Naga Mallikarjuna Rao, And others. ...Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, And others. ...Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5421 of 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition the petitioners challenge the action of respondent No.4, namely, the Sub-Registrar, Sarpavaram, Kakinada, East Godavari District, in refusing registration of the land in various survey numbers of Madhavapatnam Village, Kakinada Rural Mandal and Samalkota Mandal, East Godavari District, as arbitrary and illegal. It is the case of the petitioners that they purchased the property under registered sale deeds. They wanted to sell the property to others. They approached respondent No.4 for getting the particulars of the stamp duty. The same was refused and the Sub-Registrar has orally insisted for payment of land conversion charges. Therefore, the present writ petition is filed. A perusal of the affidavit filed on behalf of the petitioners, whose contents are reiterated by their Counsel, would show that petitioners have not even presented documents for registration. Therefore, respondent No.4 is directed to communicate the market value of the lands to enable the petitioners to submit sale deed for registration, if not already submitted. If for any reason, the Sub-Registrar cannot register the same, as required under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908 (the Act), necessary reasons shall be recorded and communicated on free of cost to the petitioners. If ultimately the petitioners are aggrieved by such non-registration, they may file appeal before the appellate authority under Section 72 of the Act. Thereafter, if any adverse order is passed by the appellate authority, the petitioners can file a suit under Section 77 of the Act. At present, such course of action would meet the ends of justice. The Writ Petition, with the above observations, is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 12.03.2010 vs