IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15199 of 2004 Between: Sri Jammala Ramireddi, S/o.Sri Narayana Reddy, R/o.Kongararaviryala Village, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Govt.of A.P., rep.by its Secretary, Revenue Dept., Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh. 2. The Sub-Registrar, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3. The Mandal Revenue officer, Maheswaram Mandal, RR District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not receiving the sale deed and not registering the same in respect of an agricultural land of Acs.6.08 guntas in survey No.311 and in Sy.No.315 situated at Kongara Khurd Village, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, is illegal, violative of section 22-A(1) of Registration Act, 1908 and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to receive the document and register the same, in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.CH.RAVINDER Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court at the admission stage made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 15199 OF 2004 O R D E R: Petitioner claims to be the owner of the land in an extent of Ac.6.08 guntas in Survey No.311 and in Survey No.315 which are agricultural lands situated at Kongara Khurd Village, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District under a registered sale deed dated 18.10.1993. On 21.08.2004, when the petitioner wanted to sell the said property, and presented the document, the second respondent refused to entertain the said document on the ground that the land in question which is sought to be sold cannot be registered in view of a complaint given by Dargha Hazarath Syed Shah Raju Hussaini Saini alleging that the land situated in Kongara Khurd village are the INAM lands of the said Dargah. In view of the same, the present writ petition is filed. 2. Learned Government Pleader submits that there is no notification issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under Section 22-A (1) of the Registration Act, prohibiting the registration of the documents in respect of the Survey Nos.311 and 315 in the said village mentioned above. On issuance of such notification, the 2nd respondent can refuse to receive the document for registration, but not as otherwise. 3. In view of the same, the second respondent is hereby directed to receive the document and register the same, as and when the petitioner presented the same for registration and for any reason, if the document cannot be registered, he has to pass appropriate orders and communicate the same to the petitioner within two weeks from the date of presentation of the said document. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage. ________________ A. GOPALREDDY,J) 01.09.2004 KSN/KMR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Secretary, Revenue Departmentt., Government OF Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 2. The Sub-Registrar, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3. The Mandal Revenue officer, Maheswaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 4. Two CCs to G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (O.U.T.) 5. Two CD copies.