( 1 ) THE petitioner purchased 275 square yards of plot comprised in plot No. 12 which is apart of Survey No. 57/3 of Tirupathi Village. According to the petitioner, he went to the office of the respondent to submit the sale document for registration on 24-4-1997 and again on 22-5-1997, 9-7-1997 and on 16-7-1997. But the respondent refused to accept the document without assigning any reason. Under those circumstances the petitioner filed the writ petition in this Court on 18-8-1997.

( 2 ) IN response to the rule nisi, the respondent has filed a counter. In the counter besides stating about the communication received from the custodian relating to the lands comprised in Survey No. 57/3 of Tirupathi Village belonging to Swamy Hathiramji Mutt, Tirupathi, in para 3, he has stated that the petitioner never approached him for registration of the document and whenever the petitioner submits the document the same would be processed as per the provisions of the Registration Act. On the face of it, it appears to me that the statement of the respondent that the petitioner did not approach him at any time for registration of the document seems to be totally incorrect. In appreci