THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6574 of 2009 ORDER: Smt. Devakamma and 7 others executed a sale deed dated 12.02.1997 in favour of the petitioner herein proposing to transfer 125 square yards of land forming part of Survey Nos.111 to 115 and 117/1&2 of Balanagar Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. Two other persons by name P.Jaganmohan Reddy and E.S.Setji also joined the transaction. The document was presented before the 4th respondent herein for registration. The document was assigned P.No.189/97. The 4th respondent passed an order dated 28.07.1998 refusing to register the document on the ground that the clearance under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (for short ‘the Act’) was not obtained. The petitioner submits that he was not aware of the endorsement till recently. He contends that whatever may have been the justification for passing the order dated 28.07.1998, the 4th respondent cannot insist on the same ground, in view of the repeal of the Act itself. The petitioner challenges the order, dated 28.07.1989 and seeks a direction to the respondents to register the document. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. The order passed by the 4th respondent on 28.07.1998 is challenged after a decade. It is not in dispute that the Act was in force, when the impugned order was passed. The validity of the order cannot be examined with reference to subsequent events. In case, the petitioner is of the view that the document deserves to be registered, in view of the change in law, he can certainly approach the 4th respondent along with his vendors. The 4th respondent can take their representation into account and pass appropriate orders. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner and his vendors to approach the 4th respondent with a representation as regards the registration of document dated 12.02.1997. As and when such representation is made, the 4th respondent shall consider the same on its own merits and pass appropriate orders within six weeks from the date of receipt of the representation. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 20.04.2009 JSU THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6574 of 2009 Date: 20.04.2009 JSU