THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.20360 of 2014 Dated : 21.07.2014 Between:
P.Varadamma, W/o late Venkata Dasu, 65 yrs., Banumukkala Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District and others .. Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (Stamps & Registration) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents This Court made the following :
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO WRIT PETITION No.20360 of 2014 ORDER :
The case of the petitioners is that they are the absolute owners and possessors of house site admeasuring 105 square yards in Survey No.81/1A1 of Bhanumukkala Village, Banaganapalle Nagar Panchayat and Mandal, Kurnool District. Due to personal needs, the petitioners want to dispose of the said property and approached the Sub- Registrar, Banaganapalle Nagar Panchayat and Mandal, Kurnool District (5th respondent) for the purpose of Market Value Certificate. The 5th respondent instead of issuing the Market Value Certificate, issued an endorsement in Annexure-II, dated 02.07.2014, stating that the property covered by Survey No.81/1A1 of Bhanumukkala village is prohibited property. Aggrieved thereby, this writ petition is instituted.
2. The petitioner placed reliance on the decision of this Court in W.P.No.17917 of 2013 concerning the same survey number. This Court disposed of the Writ Petition after hearing the Government Pleader, who submitted instructions furnished by the Tahsildar, Banaganapalle. It is represented on behalf of the Government that the land is noted as poramboke (gramakantam) in the Resurvey and Settlement Register (RSR) of Bhanumukkala Village and, therefore, cannot be registered. The said objection was over ruled in the above judgment. This Court held as under:
“that mere communication that the subject land is a gramakantam as per the revenue record has no real consequence. In the event there is a little dispute with regard to such land, the Government would necessarily have to assert and establish its title before the competent forum in accordance with law. It cannot unilaterally prohibit registration of documents in respect of such land basing on such revenue entries”.
3. For the reasons alike, this Writ Petition is also disposed of directing the Sub- Registrar, Banaganapalle Nagar Panchayat and Mandal, Kurnool District (5th respondent) to receive and process the document presented by the petitioners in respect of the house site admeasuring 105 square yards in Survey No.81/1A1 of Bhanumukkala Village, Banaganapalle Nagar Panchayat and Mandal, Kurnool District, without reference to the entries in the revenue records. In the event the document presented is found to fulfil the requirements of the Registration Act, 1908 and the Indian Stamp Act, 1899, the Sub-Registrar, Banaganapalle, shall complete the registration formalities and release the document in accordance with the due procedure. There shall be no order as to costs.
Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this writ petition, shall stand closed.
JUSTICE P.NAVEEN RAO Date : 21.07.2014 ssp