IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21288 of 2010 Between: Smt. Padma Gaglani … Petitioner And The Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Smt. K. Sesharajyam Counsel for respondents 1-4: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21288 of 2010 ORDER: The grievance, which, in my view, is legitimately projected in this writ petition is that respondent No.3 has not been disposing of the appeal filed by the petitioner against the decision of respondent No.4 refusing to register an agreement of sale. Under Section 72 of the Registration Act, 1908 (for short, “the Act”), respondent No.3 is the appellate authority and it is his bounden duty to dispose of the appeal within a reasonable time from its presentation. Far from doing that, respondent No.3 has evidently sought for the opinion of the Government Pleader, Revenue Department, High Court of A.P., vide his letter dated 02.04.2009. This practice of the appellate authority, which discharges the quasi-judicial function, seeking opinions in writing is rather strange and impermissible. This constitutes non-application of mind on the part of respondent No.3. Inasmuch as the petitioner’s appeal is pending for a substantially long time, respondent No.3 is directed to dispose of the same without reference to the opinion, if any given by the Government Pleader, Revenue Department, on his own application of mind with reference to the provisions of the Act, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. If the petitioner feels aggrieved by such communication, he shall be free to avail the remedy available to him in law. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.27084 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 06.09.2010. ES