Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:42364-DB Court No. - 42 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 5370 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sukhvender Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gyan Chandra Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S.D. Pandey, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondents. 2. In pith and substance, the grievance of the petitioner is that he is inclined to sell his agricultural property for mainly two purposes. Firstly, for preferring an appeal before the Supreme Court against judgment and order dated 09.10.2018 passed by this Court in Criminal Appeal No.823 of 1989 whereby judgment and order dated 22.02.1989 passed by Court below convicting and sentencing him for life imprisonment u/s 302/34 IPC has been affirmed and secondly, for meeting the expenses of marriage of his son. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that for the aforesaid purpose the petitioner has preferred an application before the District Magistrate, Meerut through his brother on 10.01.2025, but the same is still pending consideration. 4. Sri S.D. Pandey, learned A.G.A. submitted that the appropriate remedy available to the petitioner, for redressal of his grievance, is to move an application before the concerned Registrar as per the provisions of Section 38 of the Registration Act, 1908 (in short, 'the Act'). 5. Considering the aforesaid factual situation, we are not inclined to keep the present petition pending consideration and we dispose of the petition with a direction that in case, the petitioner moves an application before the concerned Registrar in accordance with the provisions of Section 38 of the Act within a week's time, the same shall be considered and decided by the concerned authority in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible. 6. It is further made clear that the District Legal Services Authority shall provide legal aid to the petitioner for filing the appeal before the Supreme Court. Order Date :- 24.3.2025 Manish Himwan (Prashant Kumar,J.) (M.C. Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- MANISH HIMWAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad