I think instance is a decent fix but it is necessary because of the mixing of Apache::Request and CGI. Any interesting test would be to swap the these two lines:

my $page = new CGI;
my $test=$apr->param('school');
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Thanks for the input, Derby. Putting the $apr->param request before CGI was a great idea!

Thanks.
I tried with ,
my $apr= Apache::Request->instance(shift);
but no luck!

But if I send the Post data along with the URL, it works fine. Even with Apache::Request->new(shift)
( i.e http://myhost/perl/test.pl?school=test )
Can a configuaration issue cause this type of an errornuos situation? Here is my Apache mod_perl configuration for your information.

Alias /perl/ /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/

  PerlModule Apache::Registry
  <Location /perl/>
      SetHandler perl-script
      PerlHandler Apache::Registry
      Options +ExecCGI
      PerlSendHeader On
      allow from all
  </Location>
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Can a configuaration issue cause this type of an errornuos situation? Here is my Apache mod_perl configuration for your information.

Probably not ... I think your issue is mixing CGI with Apache::Request. You new CGI is consuming the post before Apache::Request can read it. I would suggest using either CGI or Apache::Request but not both. If you want to use both, place the new CGI after all your $apr->param calls.

And ... send the Post data along with the URL ... it's no longer POST data when you do that ... that makes it GET data

-derby

Thanks a lot for all your responses. It worked. :)

It was the Apache::Request - CGI mix which gave me troubles.