Bolla Sarada, v. The State Of A.P,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD
FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA & THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION Nos.21182, 21196, 21201, 21207, 21215, 21239, 21292 and 21300 of 2015 BETWEEN Bolla Sarada and others ... PETITIONERS AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Principal Secretary, Revenue (Stamps & Registration) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. ...RESPONDENTS The Court made the following:
COMMON ORDER:
Petitioners in these writ petitions claim that the lands, in question, which are proposed to be alienated, are private patta/ancestral lands and as such questions the action of the Registrar in insisting upon production of No
Objection Certificate (NOC).
2. The issue raised in these writ petitions are squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.17809 of 2015 and batch dated 22.06.2015. In view of the same, following the aforesaid judgment, this writ petition is also disposed of directing the registering authority concerned to receive and process the document presented by the petitioners without insisting upon the no objection certificate to be obtained by them. The registering authority concerned is further directed to receive and process the documents in accordance with the Registration Act, 1908 and Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and if the documents are in conformity with the provisions of the aforesaid enactments, thereafter, register and release the documents in accordance with the due procedure. It is also made clear that in the event of registering authority not being satisfied with the compliance under the Registration Act or the Stamp Act, appropriate refusal endorsement together with reasons shall be recorded and communicated to the petitioners in terms of Section 71 of the Registration Act.
As a sequel, the miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
______________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J July 10, 2015 LMV