THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.22362 of 2003 November 25, 2010 Between: Sri V.S.N.Murthy, S/o.Satyanarayana … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad And another ... Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.22362 of 2003 ORDER: The Government notification purportedly issued under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, as amended by the Registration (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1999, is assailed in the writ petition. It is now part of the history. Following the judgment of the Supreme Court in State of Rajasthan v Basant Nahata[1], the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.14099 of 2003 and batch, dated 07.12.2005, has invalidated Section 22-A of the Registration Act, as amended by Andhra Pradesh Act 4 of 1999, and thereafter the Government has reenacted the same by Andhra Pradesh (Amendment) Act 19 of 2007. In that view of the matter, the impugned notification itself does not survive. The writ petition, therefore, does not require any adjudication. If so advised, the petitioner is given liberty to assail any new provision in the notification. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. No costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO,J) November 25, 2010. YS [1] (2005) 12 SCC 77 : AIR 2005 SC 3401