THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.No.25225 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner claims to be the owner of land in Sy.No.689 of Aliabad Village, Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. With a view to sell that land, he approached the Sub-Registrar, Shameerpet, the 3rd respondent herein, to furnish particulars as to stamp duty, etc. The 3rd respondent addressed letter dated 20-10-2009, stating that the land in Sy.No.689 of Aliabad Village is Poramboke, and that it is entered in prohibitory register of the office, on the basis of the instructions issued by the District Collector, Ranga Reddy. On this basis, he expressed his inability to furnish the value. On the other hand, the 3rd respondent directed the petitioner to obtain No-objection Certificate from the District Collector, Ranga Reddy, for registration of the document. The same is challenged in this writ petition. In their counter affidavits, the respondents stated that the land is included in the prohibitory category, and as such Section 22-A of the A.P. Registration Act (for short ‘the Act’) operates. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. It is rather unfortunate that even ordinary and routine matters, such as registration of documents is made complicated. The steps that were initiated for protecting the Government land are resulting in harassment to innocent citizens. The verification contemplated under Section 22-A of the Act is becoming handy for the authorities, to trample upon the rights of the citizens. The land in Sy.Nos.454, 616, 689 and 693 of Aliabad Village, were owned by the father of the petitioner, by name, Eswaraiah. Those lands were put to auction by the revenue department, for recovery of excess arrears. The petitioner and one, Sri Gnaneshwar, emerged as the highest bidders for Ac.3.18 guntas of land in Sy.No.689. The sale was confirmed, but the mutation in the revenue records was not effected. After exhausting his remedies before various authorities, the petitioner approached this Court by filing W.P.No.1187 of 2009 with a prayer to direct the respondents to issue pattadar pass books and title deeds. The writ petition was allowed, on 09-04-2009. The order of this Court is said to have been complied with. This Court made extensive reference to the various proceedings, that have ensued in respect of the land; and the title of the petitioner over the land was upheld. Even if the land was entered in the prohibitory register, any reference to the same becomes untenable, in view of the order of this Court in W.P.No.1187 of 2009, and the consequential issuance of pattadar pass book and title deeds. Hence, the writ petition is allowed, and the impugned memo is set aside. The 3rd respondent is directed to comply with the request of the petitioner, and process the sale deed, if any, that may be presented by the petitioner, without treating the land as poramboke. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.04-02-2010. KO