Deemed registration under the 2001 Societies Act protected an older society's tender eligibility despite repeal of earlier enactments.

A society registered under the A.P. (Telangana Area) Public Societies Registration Act, 1350 Fasli was treated as registered under the A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001 because Section 32(2) deemed actions under the repealed enactments to have been taken under the 2001 Act. The repeal in Section 32(1) of the earlier societies laws did not deprive an already registered society of its registration status. On that basis, a tender condition requiring registration under the earlier enactments could not lawfully exclude the petitioner, and rejection of its tender as not validly registered was inconsistent with the statutory scheme.

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Issues: Whether a society registered under the A.P. (Telangana Area) Public Societies Registration Act 1350 Fasli could be treated as eligible under the tender condition requiring registration under the earlier societies registration enactments.

Analysis: Section 32(1) of the A.P. Societies Registration Act, 2001 repealed the Societies Registration Act 1860 and the A.P. (Telangana Area) Public Societies Registration Act 1350 Fasli. Section 32(2) preserved actions taken under the repealed enactments by deeming them to have been taken under the 2001 Act as if that Act had been in force on the relevant date. In view of this deeming provision, a society already registered under the 1350 Fasli Act was to be treated as registered under the 2001 Act. The tender rejection on the footing that the petitioner was not registered under the eligible enactments was therefore inconsistent with the statutory scheme.

Conclusion: The petitioner's registration under the 1350 Fasli Act was deemed to be registration under the 2001 Act, and the rejection of its tender as invalid was illegal.

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