JUDGMENT

D. Ramesh, J. - This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to declare the action of the 3rd respondent in not entertaining registrations over the petitioner's property on the ground that the lands are in the list of prohibited properties under Section 22-A of the Act, 1908 despite the 1st respondent ordered to delete the petitioner's property from prohibited list vide Memo No. REV/21021/92/2017-ASSG.II-1 dated 1.5.2018 is illegal and arbitrary and without jurisdiction; consequently to direct the 3rd respondent to give effect to the orders passed by the 1st respondent and to register the sale transactions of the petitioner in respect of the subject land admeasuring Ac. 4.93 cents in Sy. No. 134/1, Paradesipalem Village, Visakhapatnam.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue as well as the learned Government Pleader for Stamps and Registration.

3. As per the averments made in the writ petition, the father of petitioner late Sri Thammi Raju was an Ex-Serviceman and he was assigned an extent of Ac. 4.93 cents in Sy. No. 134/1 of Paradesipalem Village, Visakhapatnam vide D.R. file bearing No. 116/71