[A]System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection cannot be cast to… web.config issue

Question

I am using VS2013, MVC 5.2.2.0, Web Api 2. I have just changed the all versions from 2.0.0.0 to 3.0.0.0 of the following section of Web.config resides inside the View folder of my project.

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
  <section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
  <section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>

And the problem gets solved.
BINGO !!

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