IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN Present HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.23524 of 2010 Between: Suresh Kumar Jain & 2 others .. Petitioners AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary-Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad & another .. Respondents The Court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.23524 of 2010 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners is that the second respondent has retained the document i.e., Agreement of Sale- cum-GPA vide Doc.No.P175/1006, dated 31.10.2006, without completing the process of registration. 2. The petitioners pray that the second respondent be directed to register and release the document of Agreement of Sale-cum-GPA expeditiously. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents, on instructions, states that a refusal order has already been passed by the second respondent on 01.02.2011 under Section 71 of the Registration Act, 1908, and the refusal order has already been sent to the petitioners. 4. In view of the stand of the learned counsel for the respondents, the Writ Petition is disposed of. The petitioners may avail of the alternative remedy of filing an appeal before the competent authority. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J Date: 14th February, 2011 KL HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.23524 of 2010 Date: 14th February, 2011 KL