The Registrar General under the PPV&FR Act, 2001 issued a public notice under Sections 7 and 28 thereof, purportedly to clarify the extent and scope of rights/power under the Act. Among others, as per this Notice, the power of price fixation of seeds of registered varieties as well as fixation of license fee/royalty for technology that may go into such registered varieties, vests in the Plant Variety Authority; the general legislations of Seeds Act and Essential Commodities Act would only cater to varieties not registered under the PPV&FR Act.

Further, the Registrar General also issued a public notice under Section 20(1), placing new restrictions on registration of hybrid varieties. Among others, the public notice restricted the type of hybrids that can be registered, tied the grant criteria between hybrids and parents, and declared the term of the rights conferred on such hybrids to be co-terminus with that of the parental lines. A writ challenging the same has already been filed challenging this before the Delhi High Court and a limited interim protection has been granted.