IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ■1 Jf Or PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 1724 OF 2020 Between; 1. A.P. State Document Writers Welfare Association, (Regd. No. 280/2014), Having its Head Office at Gandhinagar, Vijayawada 3, Krishna District Rep. by its President, Penumaka Venkata Subba Rao. 2. Shaik Khasim Saheb, S/o. Late Sri S. Ibrahim Saheb, Muslim, Age- 61 Years, Occ- Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 76/111-46-22-1A1, Brundavan Nagar, Kalluru, Kurnool - 518 003. 3. Dasari Sudhakar, S/o. Late Sri Ranganna, Hindu, Age- 50 Years, Occ- Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 161290, Umanagar, Anantapuramu 515 001. 4. Avvaru Satyanarayana, S/o. Sri Venkata Sivudu, Hindu, Age- 33 Years, Occ- Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 2-335/A,Sambasiva Nagar, Chilakaluripeta 522 616, Guntur District. 5. Gade Sri Hanumath Sita Rama Ravikumar, S/o. Sri Bhaskara Rao, Hindu, Age- 46 Years, Occ: Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 4-251, Diwancheruvu - 533 296, Rajanagaram Mandal, E.G. District. 6. B. Jayasankara Prasad, S/o. Late Sri Satyanarayana Murthy, Hindu, Age- 70 Years, Occ: Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 10-5-34A, Nageswara Rao Street, Ramaraopeta, Kakinada - 533 004, E.G. Dist. 7. Mohammed Mahamood, S/o Late Sri Jaffer Ahamed Saheb, Muslim, Age- 74 Years, Occ: Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 20-14-23, Manthrivari Street, Sangadigunta, Guntur 522 006 8. Kollati Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Sri Ganga Raju, Hindu, Age- 49 Years, Occ- Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 23-41, Pedapallavapalem, Mogalthur - 534 281 West Godavari District. S. S. Hanuma Venkata Ramakrishna Rao, S/o. Sri S V S N Murthy, Hindu, Age- 58 Years, Occ- Document Writer, R/o. D.No. 44-41-7/1, Akkayyapalem, Visakhapatnam - 530 016. ...PETITIONERS AND 1. State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its PrI. Secretary, Revenue (Registration. I) Dept., A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi - 522 237, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The Commissioner and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Andhra Pradesh, Edupugallu - 521 151, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, 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 2'^'' respondent in making mortgage and RTDM Deeds mandatory through Public Data Entry (PDE) System vide Memo No. CARD 3/7045/2019, Dated 30-12-2019 as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the Respondents to allow the making of mortgage and RTDM Deeds through Public Data Entry (PDE) System as optional. lA NO: 1 OF 2020 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the High Court may be pleased to suspend the operation of the Memo No. CARD 3/7045/2019, Dated 30-12-2019 issued by the 2"“^ respondent to the extent of making mortgage and ,RTDM Deeds mandatory through Public Data Entry (PDE) System, pending disposal of the present writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioners : SRI N. SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REGISTRATION AND STAMPS The Court made the following: ORDER 1 APHC010029282020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3458] FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 1724/2020 Between: ...PETITIONER(S) A.p. State Document Writers Welfare Association, and Others AND ...RESPONDENT(S) State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner{S): 1.N SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1 .GP FOR REGISTRATION AND STAMPS (AP) The Court made the following: ORDER: Heard Sri N. Siva Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the respondents. Being aggrieved by the action of the 2"*^ respondent in making 2. mortgage and RTDM deed mandatory through Public Data Entry (PDE) System vide Memo No.CARD 3/7045/2019, dated 30.12.2019, the instant Writ Petition has been filed. 2 The petitioners further sought consequential direction to the respondents to allow the said process of Mortgage and RTDM through PDE System as an optional, rather than mandatory. The 1®' petitioner is an Association, registered under the provisions of AP Societies Registration Act, 2001, which is an Association 3. created for the welfare of the Document Writers in the state of A.P. It is contended that the government has introduced a project called Computer - Aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD) in the year 1996, in order to facilitate the process of ‘registration’ through computer by replacing the manual systems of copying, indexing and accounting. As per further instructions of the 2"^^ respondent dated 30.12.2019, informed the officers of the department that a decision had been taken to extend the Public Date Entry (PDE) Module in the state to Mortgage and Receipt for discharge of Mortgage (RTDM) deeds. The petitioners, therefore, apprehended that their livelihoods would be hampered by the impugned proceedings. It is stated that the 1®' petitioner - Association has also made a representation to the 2""^ respondent on 03.12.2019, explaining the practical difficulty that would be faced by the public in general and to the petitioners' Association. 4. 5. No counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents. 6. Considered the rival submissions. 3 This Court is of the considered view that the 2'^'^ respondent is 7. directed to dispose of the representation filed by the petitioners on 03.12.2019, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of the orders of this Court. The petitioners shall also make available a copy of the representation dated 03.12.2019, before the 2"'^ respondent. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no 8. order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. SHAIK a/iohd. rafi assistant REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Principal Secretary, Revenue (Registration. I) Dept., State of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi - 522 237, Amaravathi, Guntur District. 2. The Commissioner and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Andhra Pradesh, Edupugallu - 521 151, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 3. One CC to Sri N. Siva Reddy, Advocate [OPUO 4. Two CCs to GP for Registration and Stamps, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 5. Three C.D. Copies. Cnr HIGH COURT DATED:24/01/2025 ORDER 12 MAR 20a eo. . Current becuon ^ 5s£^irSPATCV\«5-^ WP.No.1724 of 2020 DISPOSING OF THE W.P. WITHOUT COSTS