THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.5491 OF 2008 DATED: 07.09.2009 Between: Annamacharya Educational Trust, Rep. by Secretary Smt C. Shashikala .. Petitioner And The Inspector of General of Stamps and Registration, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents ORDER: Heard both sides. It appears, the petitioner Trust purchased the land admeasuring Ac.1.84 cents in Sy.No.287/5 of Venkatapuram Village, Renigunta Revenue Division, Chittoor District, under a sale deed dated 09.03.2007, and presented the said sale deed for registration before the 3rd respondent-Sub Registrar, Renigunta, Sri Balaji Registration District, Tirupati. But, the 3rd respondent refused to register the same, by order dated 22.09.2007, on the ground that the document related to transfer of immovable property owned by the Religious and Charitable Endowment and, thus, registration of the same is prohibited as per Section 22 A (1) (c) of the Registration (A.P. Amendment) Act, 2007 (Act No.19 of 2007), which came into force with effect from 20.06.2007. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the document was presented on 09.03.2007 i.e. much before the aforesaid Act came into force, and thus refusal of registration of the document for the alleged reason is arbitrary and illegal, and that, challenging such refusal by the 3rd respondent, it has already preferred the statutory appeal before the 2nd respondent- District Registrar, Sri Balaji Registration District, Tirupati, but the same is not yet disposed of. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 2nd respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal purported to have been filed by the petitioner against the refusal order dated 22.09.2007 passed by the 3rd respondent, in accordance with law, after hearing the petitioner, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 7th September, 2009. IBL