Schedule 1 of THE ANDHRA PRADESH COURT-FEES AND SUITS VALUATION ACT, 1956 ACT No. VII of 1956

Article Particulars Proper fee

1. (1)(2) (3) 1[1(a) Plaint or written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim in any suit of the nature cognizable by Courts of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject-matter does not exceed five hundred rupees if the suit is actually filed and tried as a small cause suit- (b) (c) When the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute:-
   1. (i)does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or part thereof. Forty naye paise.
   2. (ii)exceeds one hundred rupees, but does not exceed five hundred rupees, for every ten rupees or part thereof, in excess of one hundred rupees. Plaint or written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim in any suit of the nature cognizable by Courts of Small Causes, when the amount or value of the subject matter exceeds five hundred rupees but does not exceed one thousand rupeesWhen the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute-
   3. (i)does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or part thereof. Sixty naye paise.
   4. (ii)exceeds one hundred rupees, but does not exceed one thousand rupees, for every ten rupees or part thereof in excess of one hundred rupees. Plaint or written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim or memorandum of appeal presented to any CourtWhen the amount or value of the subject-matter in dispute- 2[(i) does not exceed one hundred rupees, for every five rupees or part thereof
   5. (ii)exceeds one hundred rupees, but does not exceed one thousand rupees, for every ten rupees or part thereof in excess of one hundred rupees. Eighty naye paise. O n e rupee and ten naye paise.] Sixty naye paise. One rupee and ten naye paise.
   6. (iii)exceeds one thousand rupees, but does not exceed ten thousand rupees, for every one hundred rupees or part thereof, in excess of one thousand rupees. Seven rupees and fifty naye paise.]
   7. (iv)exceeds ten thousand rupees, but does not exceed twenty thousand rupees, for every five hundred rupees or part thereof, in excess of ten thousand rupees. Thirty rupees.
   8. (v)exceeds twenty thousand rupees, but does not exceed thirty thousand rupees for every one thousand rupees or part thereof, in excess of twenty thousand rupees. Forty rupees.
   9. (vi)exceeds thirty thousand rupees, but does not exceed fifty thousand rupees, for every two thousand rupees or part thereof, in excess of thirty thousand rupees. Sixty rupees.
   10. (vii)exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh rupees, for every four thousand rupees or part thereof, in excess of fifty thousand rupees. Eighty rupees.
   11. (viii)exceeds one lakh rupees, for every ten thousand rupees or part thereof, in excess of one lakh rupees. One hundred rupees. 2(a) (b) Application under section 26 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920, or under section 95 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Five rupees. Appeal against order on an application falling under clause (a). Five rupees. 3(a) (b) Petition under section 53 or 54 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920. Five rupees. Appeal against order on a petition falling under clause (a), whether by the Official Receiver or by the unsuccessful party. Five rupees. 4. Memorandum of appeal against order in proceedings under the Indian Succession Act, 1925. An amount of onehalf the scale of fee specified in article 1 on the amount or value of the subjectmatter. 5. Application for review of judgment. One-half of the fee payable on the plaint or memorandum of appeal comprising the relief sought in the application for review. 6. Probate of a will or letters of administration with or without will annexed- When the amount or value of the estate in respect of which the grant of probate or letters is made exceeds one thousand rupees, but does not exceed five thousand rupees. When such amount or value exceeds five thousand rupees, but does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. When such amount or value exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh rupees. When such amount or value exceeds one lakh rupees. Two per centum on such amount or value. Three per centum on such amount or value. Four per centum on such amount or value. Five per centum on such amount or value. 7. Certificate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925Where the amount or value of the debt or security or the aggregate amount or value of the debts and securities specified in the certificate-
   12. (i)does not exceed five thousand rupees. Two per centum on such amount or value.
   13. (ii)exceeds five thousand rupees, but does not exceed twenty-five thousand rupees. Three per centum on such amount or value.
   14. (iii)exceeds twenty-five thousand rupees, but does not exceed fifty thousand rupees. Four per centum on such amount or value.
   15. (iv)exceeds fifty thousand rupees, but does not exceed one lakh rupees. Five per centum on such amount or value.
   16. (v)exceeds one lakh rupees. Six per centum on such amount or value. Explanation I - Where a certificate is extended under section 376 of the Indian succession Act, 1925, fee shall be computed on the amount for which certificate is sought to be extended and the amount for which a certificate or certificates has or have already been issued at one and a half times the rates specified above, credit being given for the fee already paid. Explanation II - The amount of a debt includes interest on the day on which the inclusion of the debt in the certificate is applied for so far as such amount can be ascertained. Explanation III – (a) Where any power with respect to a security specified in a certificate for the receiving of interest or dividends on, or for the negotiation or transfer of, the security, or for both purposes, is conferred.
   17. (b)Whether no such power is conferred, in either of the cases mentioned above, the value of the security is its market value on the day on which the inclusion of the security in the certificate is applied for, so far as such value can be ascertained.

↩1.Substituted for the original clauses (a) and (b) and the entries relating thereto, by section 3(i) of the Andhra Pradesh Court-fees and Suits Valuation (Second Amendment) Act 1958 (Andhra Pradesh Act XVII of 1958).

↩2.Substituted for original items (i), (ii) and (iii) and the entries against them, by section 3 (ii) of ibid.