IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMAR (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WP(PIL) NO: 75 OF 2025 Between: MALLISETTI SUBRAMANYAM, S/o. Mallisetti Satyanarayana, Occ: Journalist, Aged about 47 years, R/o 5-178 Vijayawada road Opposite Police Station, Bapulapadu, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh 521105 Aadhar No.885940101000 Union Bank SB A/c. No. 020010023000560 Hanuman Junction Branch, Pan No DAGPM6017J Email bajana2025@gmail.com ... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary/ to Government, Registration and Stamps Department, AP Secretariat Velagapudi Amaravati Guntur District AP The Commissioner and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, State of Andhra Pradesh, Tadepally, Guntur District The Deputy Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Guntur, Guntur District, AP 1. 2. 3. ... RESPONDENTS pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus to declaring the transfer list of Sub- Registrars without following the guidelines prescribed in the G.O.R.t No.638, dated 16.06.2016, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, against the G.O.R.t. No. 638, dated 16.06.2016, against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents No. 2 to implement G.O. No. 638, dated 16.06.2016 and conduct a thorough inquiry in the previous transfers and take strict action against the corrupted officers by considering representations made by the petitioner dated 21.10.2024 and 28.10.2024. the lA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent no. 2 to consider the representations made by the petitioner dated 21.10.2024 and 28.10.2024 regarding the illegal transwers of the Sub-Registrars in the State of Andhra Pradesh, pending disposal of the above writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI JITHENDRA PALYAM Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR STAMPS AND REGISTRATION The Court made the following; ORDER I r- ■■■'1 ! APHC010165062025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3483] WPIPIU NO: 75/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER Mallisetti Subramanyam AND ...RESPONDENT(S) The State of AP and Others Counsel for the Petitioner: 1.JITHENDRAP Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FOR REGISTRATION AND STAMPS CORAM: THE CHIEF JUSTICE DHIRAJ SINGH THAKUR SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI DATE : 16.04.2025 ORDER (Per Sri Justice Ravi Cheemalapati) The issue highlighted through this Writ Petition, filed in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, is noncompliance of guidelines prescribed in G.O.(Rt).No.638, dated 16.06.2016, while transferring Sub Registrars. 2. Heard Sri Jithendra Palyam, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Registration & Stamps. 3. Perused the material available on record and considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties. .W<P((PIL)!J\ro. 75 of2025 4. The pleadings would give out that some Sub-Registrars, despite being caught in surprise checks for financial misconduct, are being reinstated in profitable locations, whereas honest officers are being transferred to remote and low-revenue stations, which is against the very spirit of G.O.(Rt) No.638, dated 16.06.2016 and therefore the transfer list of Sub Registrars be declared as illegal. 5. Public interest litigation has developed as a powerful tool to espouse the cause of the marginalised and oppressed. It is intended to be used with regard to the persons who are unable to seek access to the judicial process by reason of their poverty, ignorance or illiteracy. 6. In the instant case, the petitioner wants to espouse the cause of honest Sub Registrars, who can by no means be considered neither poor ignorant nor illiterates. They will have enough prudence to fight against the injustice, if any, caused to them, without the need of any interloper such the petitioner. This Public Interest Litigation having been filed not for the purpose for which it is meant, deserves dismissal. nor as ^CM‘RCJ U.’(P((PIL) Wo. 75 of2025 3 7. Accordingly, the Writ Petition (PIL) is dismissed. There shali be no order as to costs. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- A. VENUGOPALA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// S ON OFFICER To, 1. One CC to Sri Jithendra Palyam, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to GP for Stamps and Registration, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] Three CD Copies. 2. 3. ssb HIGH COURT DATED:16/04/2025 X 05JW!?D?5 J %■ . Cuttenl Section ^ %ij>eSPATCV^§^ 1 ORDER WP(PIL).No.75 of 2025 DISMISSING THE W.P.(PIL) WITHOUT COSTS