APHC010294962025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 15046/2025 Between: Smt Devineni Reena Roy and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. V R MAHESWARA RAO PALETI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of the India seeking the following reliefs:- “to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction directing the 2nd Respondent to consider and dispose of the Petitioners representation dated 11.05.2025 in accordance with law, by conducting proper enquiry, verification, and passing a reasoned and lawful order within a period of four (4) weeks or such time as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case and pass” 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the absolute owners and possessors of the subject immovable property situated in Sy. No. 436/1 of Kondapalli Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, NTR District and having acquired the same through registered sale deeds dated 20.12.2007 and 08.04.2008 from their vendors. Since then, the petitioners have been in continuous possession and enjoyment of the subject property. While so, the 2nd respondent herein, who is the competent authority, without issuing any notice to the petitioners, listed the petitioners’ property under the list of prohibited properties under Section 22-A(1)(a) of the Registration Act, 1908. For which, the petitioners submitted a representation dated 11.05.2025 to the respondent authorities requesting for deletion of the subject property from the list of prohibited properties under Section 22-A(1)(a) of the Registration Act, 1908, as they an absolute owners, pattadars and in lawful possession of the property and the said property is purely patta land having acquired the same for more than two decades ago under valid title deeds. 4. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondent furnished written instructions dated 24.06.2025 issued by the 4th respondent wherein it is stated as follows:- While being so, in the year 2022, the petitioners represented by their father submitted 3 applications vide 3 Nos.TTA012200093084, TTA012200093082 and TTA012200093080 stating that the first petitioner had purchased Ac.0.16 cents and 2nd petitioner had purchased Ac.0.13 cents in the above survey number through registered sale deeds in the years 2007 and 2008 respectively and requested to mutate their names in the revenue records. The said matter was enquired into. The petitioners were able to produce only the above registered deeds but failed to produce any link documents with which their sellers had acquired the said land. It is submitted that the land in RS.No.436/1 is a Government land and was not even assigned to anybody. When questioned about the link documents, the petitioners represented by theirfather had sought time andlater on submitted unregistered agreement as ling documents. It is learnt that the petitioners were succeeded in getting executed registered sale deeds in t heir favour over the subject land in the years 2007 and 2008 when 22 (A) lands list were not computerized and not properly not maintained in the sub-registrar office. They don’t have any right over the said government land. They are trying to grad valuable government land which is worth crores of rupees in open market. Hence their applications were rejected in online in the month of November, 2022 by giving endorsements. 5. The learned Assistant Government Pleader further submits that, as per the revenue records the subject property is classified as government land. However, the petitioner’s application will be considered after a due enquiry, and appropriate orders will be passed in accordance with law within a reasonable time. 4 5. Having regard to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for the respondents, and on perusal of the material available on record, this court is of the considered view that the present writ petition can be disposed of by directing the respondent authorities to consider the application/representation dated 11.05.2025 and pass appropriate order after providing an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and other stake holders if any, within a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of copy of this order in accordance with law. 6. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 24.06.2025 kkllkk 5 123 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 15046 of 2025 24.06.2025 kkllkk