22A Prohibition of registration of certain documents as substituted
22A Prohibition of registration of certain documents as substituted (1). The following classes of documents shall be prohibited from registration, namely (a) documents relating to transfer of immovable property, the alienation or transfer of which is prohibited under any statute of State or Central Government (b) documents relating to transfer of property by way of sale, agreement of sale, gift, exchange or lease in respect of immovable property owned by the State or Central Government, executed by persons other than those statutorily Registerable Documets 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . empowered to do so (c) documents relating to transfer of property by way of sale, agreement of sale, gift, exchange or lease exceeding (ten) 10 years in respect of immovable property, owned by religious and charitable endowments falling under the purview of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 or by Wakfs falling under the Wakfs Act, 1995 executed by persons other than those statutorily empowered to do so (d) Agricultural or urban lands declared as surplus under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973 and the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 NOTE (i) Intimations/Notifications received from the authorised officers as mentioned above under Section 22(A)(1)(a) to (d) shall be entered in the PROHIBITED PROPERTY WATCH REGISTER maintained electronically and also manually. (ii) All the intimations or notifications forwarded by the authorised officers shall be filed in a separate new file titled as “ Intimations / notifications of prohibited properties under Section 22(A). This shall be preserved PERMANENTLY (i & ii vide paras 5 and 6 of C&IGRS Cir.Memo No.G1/19131/05 dated 14-09-2007) (e) (1) any document or class of documents pertaining to the properties the State Government may, by notification prohibit the registration in which avowed or accrued interests of Central and State Governments, local bodies, educational, cultural, Religious and Charitable Institutions, those attached by Civil, Criminal, Revenue Courts and Direct and Indirect Tax laws and others which are likely to adversely affect these interests. (2) For the purpose of clause (e) of subsection (1), the State Government shall publish a notification after obtaining reasons for and full description of property furnished by the District Collectors concerned in the manner as may be prescribed (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the registering officer shall refuse to register any document to which a notification issued under clause (e) of subsections (i) (4) The State Government either suo moto or on an application by any person or for giving effect to the final order of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh or Supreme Court of India may proceed to denotify, either in full or in part, the notification issued under subsection (2) 3. Notwithstanding anything in any judgment, decree or order of a Court, Tribunal or any other authority to the contrary no notification declaring that the registration of any document or class of documents is opposed to public policy and the refusal of the same for registration under section 22-A of the principal Act during the period with effect from 1st April 1999 being the date of com Register able Documents 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .commencement of the Registration (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1999 up to the date of the commencement of the Registration (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2006 substituting new section 22-A in the Principal Act, shall be deemed to be invalid and the refusal for registration of the said document deemed to have been validly refused for registration and accordingly (a) no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any Court against the State Government or any person or authority whatsoever for the purpose of registration and (b) no Court shall enforce any decree or order directing to register