CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Saturday cancelled the 2006 sale of department store Omar Effendi to Saudi Arabia's Anwal United Trading because it wasted public money, Judge Hamdi Yassin announced. Yassin ordered that the department store be returned to the state, newswire Bloomberg reported. Omar Effendi Stores Limited was established in 1856 and is Egypt's largest department store with 82 branches and 68 warehouses. Anwal's purchase of 90 per cent of the company was completed in February 2007. Anwal operates the franchise of renowned brands such as Etam, Orchestra and Trucco, operating more than 100 shops across Saudi Arabia.