X and Y enter into a lease agreement of a button manufacturing factory for a period of five years. They are both residents of Kolkata. They drafted the document in Bengali and presented it for registration. The registering officer, ‘A’ is from Andhra Pradesh who understands only Telugu and English. ‘A’ refuses to register the agreement on the ground that it is in a language which he does not understand. X and Y conterid that he (A) cannot have any objection in registering the agreement.

Decide whether the refusal by ‘A’ is valid or not.    (5 Marks)