IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN Present HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.24661 of 2014 Between:
Gurram Hanumappa, s/o.Sanjappa, Aged: 50 years, Occ:Cultivation, R/o.Shaksanipalli Village, Uravakonda Mandal, Anantapuram District.
.. Petitioner AND The Government of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Stamps & Registration Dept.) Secretariat, Hyderabad & 3 others. , .. Respondents The Court made the following:
HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.24661 of 2014 ORDER In this writ petition, the only grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the insistence by the registering authorities on production of ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the Revenue Authorities as a condition precedent for receiving and registering the document presented by him for registration in connection with immovable property.
2. When the matter is taken up for consideration, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue submit that the subject matter to the extent of No Objection Certificate is squarely covered by the decision of Division Bench in W.A.No.1653 of 2013. With the consent of both the learned counsel, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage. Learned counsel for petitioner also submits that the land in issue is not assigned to Ex-Servicemen.
3. Considering the submissions of both the learned counsel, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the Sub-Registrar, Uravakonda, Ananthapuram District (4th respondent) to receive and process the document presented by the petitioner without insisting upon such NOC and in the event the document presented fulfils the requirements of the Registration Act, 1908, and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, he shall register and release the document in accordance with the due procedure. However, if the 4th respondent is of the opinion that the document presented for registration warrants denial, he shall pass orders in writing indicating the reasons for such refusal and communicate the same to the party in accordance with Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition, shall stand closed.
P.NAVEEN RAO, J 26th August, 2014 sj