THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.25413 of 2006 06.12.2006 Between: Smt.K.Nirmala, D/o.Raghavaiah And others … Petitioners AND The District Registrar, Ranga Reddy District And another … Respondents THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.25413 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioners purchased various plots admeasuring 250 to 300 Sq.yards in survey No.219 situated at Gajularamaram village of Qutbullapur Mandal. The petitioners purchased the land from the original owner, who obtained ‘Occupancy Rights Certificate’ under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955. Some of the petitioners wanted to resell their respective plots. At that stage, they came to know that the Government in purported exercise of their power under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908 (the Act, for brevity), as amended by the Andhra Pradesh (Amendment) Act, 1999, issued a notification vide G.O.Ms.No.287, dated 09.3.2005, prohibiting registration of the land in various survey numbers of Gajularamaram village including the land in which the petitioners purchased plots. The petitioners, therefore, made a representation to the Special Officer requesting to re-notify the land in survey No.222 under Rule 4(3) of the Andhra Pradesh (Prohibition of Registration of Certain Documents Opposed to Public Policy) Rules, 1999, in vain. Therefore, the present writ petition is filed seeking invalidation of the notification impugned in the Writ Petition. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General-T). In State of Rajasthan v Basant Nahata[1], the Supreme Court struck down the provision in the Registration Act as amended by the State of Rajasthan as ultra vires. Following the same, a Division Bench of this Court in its judgment dated 07.12.2005 in W.P.Nos.14099 of 2003 and batch struck down Section 22-A of the Act as applicable in State of Andhra Pradesh. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that Special Leave Petition filed by the State Government against the said judgment was also dismissed by the Supreme Court on 11.8.2006. Therefore, the impugned order cannot be sustained. Following the judgment of the Division Bench, this writ petition is disposed of. As and when the documents are presented by the petitioners, the Registering Authority shall accept the same for registration and if for any reasons, the same cannot be registered, record and furnish the reasons. If the petitioners are aggrieved by the order of the Registering Authority, it shall be open to them to file appeals under Section 72 of the Act before the District Registrar. If the District Registrar i.e., the Appellate Authority declines to give direction to the Registering Authority, the aggrieved person has to file a suit under Section 77 of the Act. However, having regard to the submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (General-T) that the Government filed a Land Grabbing case before the Special Court constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982, which is pending, this Court observes that it shall be open to the District Collector, Hyderabad, and other revenue officials to approach the Special Court and obtain appropriate orders against the petitioner, if so advised. The writ petition, subject to the above observations, is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _____________ December 06, 2006. (V.V.S.RAO, J) YS [1] (2005) 12 SCC 77 = 2005 AIR SCW 4456