IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13279 of 1994 Between: M.A. Lateef S/o M.A. Wahab R/o 8-2-269/A, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Union of India rep. by Secretary Ministry of Finance, New Delhi 2 Government of Andhra Pradesh rep. by Principal Secretary, Department of Finance & Planning, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad 3 M.A. Razaak S/o gulam Mehabub Occ: Business, R/o Tandur, Ranga Reddy District ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue appropriate Writ, Order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare that the provisions of Sec.138 proviso 'C' and Sec.139 of the Negotiable Instrument Act is unconstitutional null and void, arbitrary, ultra-virus to the provisions of powers of Govt. and also inconsistent with the criminal jurisprudence and the unconstitutional right given to the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.V.UMASHANKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.2: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING Counsel for the Respondent No.3: Mr.K.Raghuveer Reddy The Court made the following: O R D E R: The Constitutional validity of the provisions of Section 138 and 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 has already been upheld by this Court. The writ petition deserves dismissal and the same is accordingly dismissed without any order as to costs. _____________________ B.SUDERSHAN REDDY, J. Dated:25-11-2004 GS/PV To 1. The Secretary, Union of India, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi 2 Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Finance & Planning, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad 3. 2CCs to the G.P. for Finance and Planning, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 4. 2CD copies