IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 2848 of 2003 Between: 1 Raja Hazarathiah, S/o Venkata Seshaiah,Managing Partner., R.V.S.Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalakula Gardens, Nellore. 2 Raja Hazarathaiah, S/o Venkata Seshaiah, Sree Dhanalakshmi Rice Company, 3/1119-2, Settgunta Road, Nellore. 3 Raja Hazarathaiah, S/o Venkata Seshaiah, Prathesh Traders, Raja Venkata Seshaiah Chetty Rice Mill, 3/1119-2, Settygunta Road., Nellore. 4 M.Hanumantha Rao, S/o Venkararamanaiar, M.V.R.Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Narukur Road, Allipuram, Nellore. 5 Munaga Ramalingaiah, S/o Venkata Ramanaiah, M.V.R.Paddy Boiling & Drying & Unit, M.V.R.Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Narukur Road, Nellore. 6 Chinni Venkaiah, S/o S.Narasaiah, Subramanyeswara Raw & Boiled Rice Mill Allipuram, Markur Road, Nellore. 7 Pachipulusu Narasimha Rao, S/o subrahmanyam, P.S.M.Rice Industry, Southrajupalem Road, Allipuram, Nellore. 8 Chaluvadi Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o Subba Rao, Nandini Raw and Boiled Rice Mill, South Rajupalem Road, Allipuram Village, Nellore. 9 Boyapati Janardhan, S/o Narapa Naidu, Sri Janardhan Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Pedda Cherukuru, Nellore. 10 Grandhe Papeswara Rao, S/o Rangaiah, Praveen Boiled Rice Mill, Rajupalem Road, Cherukuru, Nellore. 11 P.V.Subrahmanyam, S/o Subba Rao, Bhagavan Shakthi Traders, Praveen Boiled Rice Mill, Peddacherukuru, Nellore. 12 Yetchuri Venkata Narasimha Rao, S/o Venkateswarlu, Praveen Boiled Rice Mill, Paddacherukuru., Nellore. 13 Kothabrahmaiah, S/o Venkataswamy, Sri Lakshmi Balaji Raw & Boiled Rice Mil South Rajupalem Road, Peddacheruvu Village, Nellore. 14 Munaga Nageswara Rao, S/o M.Venkatasubbaiah, Sri Vigneswara Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rice Mill Complex., Allipuram, Nellore District. 15 Makam Ramesh, S/o Ramthaiah, Sri Valalaxmi Paddy & Rice, Vijayagopalapuram, Nellore. 16 Menta Narasimha Swamy, S/o Venkataramaiaha, Menta Narasimha Swamy & Co Paddy, Rice, General Merchants & Commission Agents, Vijaya Goplapuram, Nellore District. 17 Gundlapalli Masthanaidu, S/o Krishnaiah, Babu Traders, C/o Sri Venkata Kalyani Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, N.V.Gardens, Nellore. 18 T.Sreenivasa Rao, S/o Venkata Subrahmanyam, Sri Venkata Srinivasa Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 19 Chaluvadi Venkata Suresh Babu, S/o C.Kannaiah, Sri Sai krishna Traders C/o Sree Kalyani Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Mypad Road, Navalakh Gardens, Nellore District. 20 Saranbu Venkatasesaiah, S/o Rangaiah M/s Sri Ganesh Lakshmi Prasanna Raw & Boiled Rice Mill.Yavalakh Gardens, Nellore. 21 K.V.Subhashini w/o K.Ramaiah, S.V.K.Rice Traders., C/o Sri Venkata Kalyani Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, N.V.Gardens., Nellore. 22 Burramsetty Venkata Rathnam S/o B.Basavaiah, M/s Sri Venkata Seshadri Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, S.No.347 & 349, Ganapathi Nagar., Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 23 T.V.Krishna Rao, S/o T.Venkateswarlu, Sri Venkata Rathna Traders, C/o Seshadri Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 24 D.Venkata Subbaiah S/o Narayana Setty, Sri Venkata Satyanaryana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Allipuram, Nellore District. 25 M.Subbarayudu, S/o Pichaiah Setty, Sree Kamakshi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill Peddadhacherukuru, Allipuram Post, Nellore District. 26 Pabbisetty Satyanarayana, S/o Venkata Subbaiah, Vijayalakshmi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Allipuram, Nellore District 27 Pabbisetty Venkata Sureshbabu, S/o Satyanarayana, Jayalakshmi R & B Rice Mill, Allipuram, Nellore District. 28 Muppalasetty Venkata Krishnaiah, S/o Venkataratnam Shetty, Sree Satya Sai Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, South Rajupalem Road, Allupuram, Nellore District. 29 Poluri Ravindra, S/o Poluri Ramakrishnaiah, Annapurna Parboiled Rice Mill South Rajupalem Road, Allipuram, Nellore District. 30 Poluru Ravindra, S/o Poluru Ramakrishnaiah, Sri Ramakrishnaiah Raw & Boiled Rice Mil Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 31 Mada Venkateswarlu, S/o M.Govindaiah, M/s M.G.Rice Industry S.No.110, Allipuram X Road,V.V.Gardens, Nellore. 32 Peruri Gopalakrishna Moorthy, S/o P.Adaiah, M/s Venkataramana Traders, M.G.Rice Industry, Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 33 Nagasuri Ramamurthy, S/o Narasmihulu, Satish Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Ganapathi Nagar, Mawlakh Gardens, Nellore. 34 I.Venkateswarlu Naidu, S/o I.Lakshmaiah, Sri Venkata Ramana Traders Sri Venkata Sunil Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Kovuru, Nellore District. 35 T.Venkateswarlu, S/o Venkata Subbahai,T.C.S.Rice Traders Paddy & Rice Merchant Vijaya Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, 28/1161, Navlakh Gardens, Nellore. 36 B.V.Subba Rao, S/o Subbarayudu,B.S.R.Traders., Sri Venkata Kalyani Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalak Gardens, Nellore. 37 S.Subramanyam, S/o S.Subbaramaiah, Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Rice Producers, Sri Sudheer Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Peddacherukuru, South Rajupalem Road, Nellore. 38 K.Venkateswarlu, S/o K.Subba Rao, Sree Saibaba Raw & Boiled Rice Mill Navalak Gardens, Nellore. 39 G.Satyanarayana S/o Veeranjaneyulu, Sri Sai Satya Traders Paddy & Rice Merchants, Nellore. 40 P.Ajay Kumar, S/o P.Satyam, Sri Sai Traders, Sri Raja Rajeswari Rice Mill, Kovur, Allipuram, Nellore District. 41 M.Sulochanamma, W/o M.Subba Rao,Sri Ramana Nagendra Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalakulathota, Nellore. 42 Ravuru Subba Rao, S/o Ravuru Chalapathi, Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Ashok Nagar, Navalak Gardens, Nellore. 43 Matta Venkata Narasimha Rao, S/o Ramakrishnaiah Sri Rama Krishna Rice Mill, GNT Road, Maddurupadu, Nellore. 44 Pothu gantaroshaiah, S/o Lakshmaiah, Sri Prasanna Sundara Lakshmi Industries Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Industrial Estate,Kavali Nellore District. 45 Mekala Ramachandra Reddy S/o Raghavareddy, Sri Ganesh Traders, C/o Saraswathi Rice Mill, Kavali, Nellore District. 46 Desu Anjaneyulu S/o Ramagangaiah,Sri Manikanta Traders, C/o Sri Jayalakshmi Rice Mill, Kavali, Nellore District. 47 Mannemela Venkareddy S/o Ramana Reddy Sri Venkata Ramana Rice Depot, Paddy, Rice & General Mechants, Kavali, Nellore District. 48 Singamsetti Koteswara Rao, S/o Narasimham, Lingamsetty Koteswara Rao Paddy & Rice Merchant, Kavali, Nellore District. 49 Peppalla Koteswara Rao, S/o Venkaiah, Sri Saibaba Rice Mill Vayunandana Press Road, Kavali, Nellore District. 50 Damisetti Sreenivasulu Naidu, S/o Dasaradharamaiah, Sree Venkatasai Rice Modern Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Maddurupadu, Kavali, Nellore District. 51 Namburu Kondareddy, S/o Ramana Reddy, Sri Srinivasa Rice Industry Pvt.Ltd Industrial Estate, Maddurupadu, Kavali, Nellore District. 52 S.Kotaiah, S/o Sreeramulu, SKN Rice Industries N.V.Gardens, Nellore. 53 R.Venkateswarlu, S/o Penchlaiah, Sri Lakshmi Venkatanarayana Raw & Boiled rice Mill, 3rd Mile Centre, N.V.Gardens, Nellore. 54 K.Raghavaiah, S/o Jangamaiah, Sri Krishna Sai Rice Industries 110 Allipuram Link Road, Navalakh Gardens, Nellore. 55 K.Raghavaiah, S/o Jangamaiah, Sri Bhagavan Venkaiah Swamy Rice Mill, 228/2-1, Navalakh Gardens, Mypady Road, Nellore. 56 K.Raghavaiah, S/o Jangamaiah, Sowbhagya Lakshmi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, 228/2, Mypady, Nellore. 57 K.V.Suresh, S/o Subbarayudu, Sri Rajarajeswari Rice Industry, Allipuram Link Road, Navalak Gardens, Nellore. 58 G.Somasubbu, S/o Sundaraiah, Sree Giridhari Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Navalakulla Gardens, Nellore. 59 R.Ramana Rao, S/o Penchalaiah, Sri Lakshmi Venakata Ramana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Kotta Kaluva, Narayanareddypet, Nellore. 60 R.Srinivasulu Naidu, S/o R.Penchalaiah, Sri Lakshmi Venakata Ramana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Kotta Kaluva, Narayanareddypet, Nellore. 61 S.Sudheer Reddy, S/o Narahari Reddy, Rakrima R & B Rice Mill, Navalak Gardens, Nellore. 62 M.V.Satyanarayana, S/o Kotaiah, M/s Sri Sathya Deva Traders, C/o Srinivasa Rice Mill, Inamadugu, Kovur Mandal, Nellore. 63 T.Venkateswarlu, C/o Vengaiahnaidu, Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Rice Industry, South Rajupalem Road, Allipuram, Nellore District. 64 Muralikrishna, S/o Ramaswamy, Sri Krishna Traders, C/o Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Rice Industries, South Rajupalem Road, Allipuram, Nellore District. 65 Ch.V.Ramanjaneyulu, S/o Koteswara Rao,Sri Lakshmi Venkata Krishna Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, South Rajapalem, Allipur, Nellore District. 66 Ch.Vijaya Mohan, S/o Chinna Narsaiah, Sri Venkata Lakshmi Raw & Boiled Rice, Allipuram, Nellore. 67 K.Srinivasulu, S/o Chanchaiah, Sri Seenu Paddy & Rice company, C/o Siva Parvathi R & B Rice Mill, Allipuram, Nellore District. 68 K.Perapa Naidu, S/o Sanjeeva Naidu, Sri Siva Sakthi Traders, C/o Sri Sangameswra R & B Rice Mill, Allipuram Road, Nellore. 69 M.Narsimhulu, S/o Penchalaiah, Sri Ramesh Rice Industry, Vaviletipadu Village, Nellore District. 70 K.Hanumantha Rao, S/o Anjaiah, Sri Prasanna Anjaneya Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, China Pedugupadu, Nellore District. 71 G.Sudhakar, S/o Subramaiah, Sudha Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Gudipallipadu, Nellore. 72 K.Krishnaiah, S/o Pullaiah, Sri Venkata Sai Siva Kamakshi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, South Rajupalem Road, Allipuram, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Director of Marketing, Hyderabad. 2 The Food & Agriculture Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Nellore. 4 The Agriculture Market Committee, rep. by its Secretary, Goodur, Nellore District. 5 The Agriculture Market Committee, rep. by its Secretary, Naidupet, Nellore District. 6 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Sullurpet, Nellore District. 7 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Venkatagiri, Nellore District. 8 The Agriculture Market Committee, rep. by its Secretary, Kavali, Nellore District. 9 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Udayagiri, Nellore District. 10 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Atmakuru, Nellore District. 11 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Kovur, Nellore District. 12 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Rapur, Nellore District. 13 The Agriculture Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Vakadu, Nellore 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 an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned circular bearing No.Unit V(1)349/2002 dated 8-7-2002 issued by the Ist respondent herein as arbitrary, illegal, capricious and violative of all cannons of law and provisions of the AP Markets Act 1966 and consequently quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.SAI GANGADHAR CHAMARTY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 2: G.P.FOR AGRICULTURE Counsel for Respondent Nos. 3 to 13: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY (Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees) WRIT PETITION NO : 12968 of 2003 Between: M/s. Manasa Lakshi Trading Company, Rep. by its Partner Mr.Somisetty Satynarayana, Rice Mill Street, Eluru, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director of Marketing, Government of Andhra Pradesh, B.R.K.R.Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep. by its Secretary, Eluru, West Godavari 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 a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction the action of the 2nd respondent in levying market fee on the sales effected by the petitioners during the financial year 2002-2003 vide impugned Notice No.351/2002 dated 23-5- 2003 as arbitrary, whimsical, unauthorised, ultra virus of section 12 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and live stock) Market Act, 1966 and contrary to the Rules framed thereunder and set aside the same as such and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.BALAJI VARMA Counsel for Respondent No.1: GP FOR AGRICULTURE Counsel for Respondent No.2:MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY (Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees) WRIT PETITION NO : 14918 of 2003 Between: M/s.Sri Venkata Raghavendra Par Boiled & Raw Rice Mill, Rep.by its Partner Mr.N.S.A.V.V.R.N.S.Satyana Akividy-534235. West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director of Marketing Governmentof A.P., B.R.K.R.Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Agricultural Market Committee, Akividu, West Godavari 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 a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the 2nd Respondent in levying market fee on the sales effected by the petitioners during the financial year 2002-2003 vide impugned Notice No.26/B/A/2002 dated 9-6-2003 as arbitrary, whimsical, unauthorised, ultra virus of Section 12 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Live stock) Market Act, 1966 and contrary to the Rules framed thereunder and set aside the same as such and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.BALAJI VARMA Counsel for Respondent No.1: GP FOR AGRICULTURE Counsel for Respondent No.2: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY (Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees) WRIT PETITION NO : 16051 of 2003 Between: 1 Everest Modern Paraboiled Rice Mill, Janapadu, Guntur District 2 Kanchanaganga Rice Industries, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner Guntur District 3 Sri Venkatasai Paraboiled Rice Mill, Janapadu, rep.by its Managing Partner 4 Venkatalakshmi Manikanta Rice working company,Janapadu rep.by its Managing Partner. 5 Sudarshan Rice Industries, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 6 Ratnagiri Dall flour & Boiled Rice Mill, Piduguralla, rep.by its Managing Partner. 7 Sri Venkateswara Paraboiled Rice MIll, Piduguralla, rep.by its Managing Partner 8 Seven Hills Paraboiled Rice Mills, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner. 9 Pundarika Agrotech Limited, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 10 Mahalakshmi Rice Corporation, Piduguralla, rep.by itsManaging Partner 11 Venkatavijayalakshmi Rice Working Co., Machavaram (MD), rep.by its Managing Partner. 12 Vasavi Rice Trading Company Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 13 Sai Krishna Rice Traders, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 14 Sivashankara Silky Rice Industries, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 15 Lakshmi Srinivasa Rice Working Co., Janapadu, rep.by its Managing Partner, K.Koteswara Rao 16 Maheshwari Rice Corporation, Piduguralla, rep.by itsManaging Partner, K.Anjaneyulu 17 Sai Lakshmi Rice Mill, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner, B.Venkateswarlu 18 Sai Krishna Rice & flour Mill, Janapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 19 Seetharam Rice Corporation, Janapadu, rep.by its Managing Partner,.K.NarasimhaRao 20 Bhargavi Sai Syndicate, Piduguralla, rep.by itsManaging Partner K.Sambasiva 21 Siva Sai Lakshmi Narasimha Rice Corporation, rep.by its Managing Partner, Janapadu, Guntur District 22 Ramanjaneya Rice Mill, rep.by itsManaging PartnerK.Nageswar Rao 23 Gayathri Rice working Company, Brahmanapally, rep.by itsManaging Partner, M.Durgarao 24 Venkata Veeranjaneya Rice working Co., Brahmanaplly, rep.by its Managing PartnerV.Srinivas 25 Vigneswara Rice Traders, Pidugaralla, rep.by its Managing Partner 26 Veeravenkata Sai Rice working Co., Piduguralla, rep.by its Managing Partner, 27 Srinivasa Rice Traders, Piduguralla,rep.by itsManaging Partner K.Prasad Rao 28 Lakshmi Traders, Janadadu,rep.by itsManaging PartnerY.Mohan rao 29 Ganapathi Rice Working Co., Janapadu,rep.by itsManaging Partner,K.Ganeshbabu 30 Sai Rice working Company, Piduguralla,rep.by itsManaging PartnerS.Srinivasrao 31 Sri Venkata Lakshmi Chennakesava Rice Mill, Macherla,rep.by itsManaging Partner, 32 Chamundeswari Rice Traders, Macherla, rep.by itsManaging Partner P.Venkateswar rao Guntur District 33 Sri Saibaba Rice Traders, Macherla, rep.by itsManaging Partner 34 Maheswari Rice Traders, Macherla, rep.by itsManaging Partner 35 Sri Venkataramana Rice & flour Mill, Macherla rep.by itsManaging Partner 36 Vinayaka Rice working Company, Vinukonda,rep.by itsManaging Partner 37 Hanuman Rice working Company, Vinukonda, rep.by itsManaging Partner 38 Vinayaka Rice Mill, Vinukonda, rep.by itsManaging Partner 39 Rajyalakshmi Rice Traders, Narapareddypadu,rep.by itsManaging Partner, Vinukonda Mandalam Guntur District. 40 Leelakrishna Traders, Uppalapadu, rep.by itsManaging Partner 41 Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Rice Producers, Vinukonda,rep.by its Prop. 42 Saptagiri Traders, Sattenapally, rep.by its Partner K.Nagamalleswar rao 43 Saptagiri Traders, Sattenapally, rep.by its Prop.K.Sivashankar Rao 44 Davi Dwaraka Sai Bhavani Traders, Sattenapally, rep.by its Managing partn B.Sivakoteswar rao Guntur District 45 Sri Vigneswara Nagalakshmi Sesharatna Rice Traders, Vaddavally, Sattenapally, 46 Seetharamanjaneya Traders, Vaddavalli, Sattenapally,rep.by its Prop. T.Seetharamanjaneyulu, Guntur District. 47 Sri Lakshmi Venkata Siva Traders, Sattenapally, rep.by its Prop.Y.Rajarao 48 Sri Vijayalakshmi Traders, Sattenapally, rep.by its Prop. Ch.Malleswar Rao Guntur District 49 Rao Rice Producers, Sattenapally, rep.by its Partner,K.Srinivas Rao 50 Vigneswara Rice Traders, Madala Muppalla Mandalam rep.by its Prop. B.Giri Gurunadam, Guntur District. 51 Sri Mallikarjuna Traders, Narnepadu rep. by its Prop.Ch.Mallikarjun rao 52 Venkata Sai Traders, Ramakrishnapuram Sattenapally Mandalam rep.by its Prop.E.Brahma Reddy Guntur District 53 Sri Sairam Traders, Komerapudi rep.by its Prop.N.Ayyappa Reddy 54 Varaganapathi Modern Rice Mill, Satulur, rep.by its Partner A.Bhadrayya 55 Lakshmi Agro Mills, Pothuluru, rep.by its Partner, I.Siva Nageswar Rao 56 Varalakshmi Modern rice Mill, Satulur. rep.by its Partner,I.Krishnarao 57 Vijayakrishna Rice working Company, Satulur, rep.by its Partner,K.Adinarayan 58 Vasavi Rice Producers, Satular, rep.by its Partner, B.Hanumantha rao 59 Venkatalakshmi Rice working Company, Satulur, rep. by its Partner M.Narasimha Rao, Guntur District. 60 Vasundhara Rice Traders, Satulur, rep.by its Partner I.Narasimha Rao 61 Vigneswara Rice Traders, Satulur, rep.by its Partner I.Gopal Rao 62 Sri Sambasiva Raw Rice & Boiled Rice Mill, Satulur, rep.by its Partner I.Satyanarayana Guntur District 63 Umashankar Rice Working Company, Satulur, rep.by its Partner A.Srirama Murthy Guntur District. 64 Easwer Rice Traders, Satulur, rep.by its Partner, I.Rambabu 65 Krishna Rice Producers, Satulur, rep.by itsManaging Partner, B.Venkatachalapathi Rao Guntur District 66 Sri Rama Ramana Rice Mill, Satulur rep.by its Partner,B.Pardhasardhi 67 Vijayalakshmi Rice working Company, Satulur, rep.by its Partner N.Venkata Koteswar Rao Guntur District 68 Venkateswara Rice Traders, Satulur, rep.by its Partner, B.Srinivas rao Guntur District 69 Dhanalakshmi Rice & Boiled Rice Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner R.Venkata Subba Rao Guntur District 70 Venkata Mahalakshmi Rice Working Company, Narsaraopet, rep.by its Partner Raja Maheswara rao Guntur District 71 Srinivasa Rice & Oil Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Prop. K.Rama Rao Guntur District. 72 Surya Sivashakara rice & Dall Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner J.Siva Samara Rao Guntur District 73 Siva Sai Rice working Company, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner A.Bala Koteswar Rao Guntur District 74 Vijayakrishna Rice Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner,T.Satyanajaneyulu 75 J.K.Commercials, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner, K.Badari Narayana 76 Vijayabhaskara Rice Workiong Company Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner V.Bhaskar rao Guntur District 77 Annapurna Rice & flour Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner T.Ramakotayya Guntur District 78 Sri Lakshmi Sivaparvathi Rice Mill, rep.by its Partner,V.Sudhakar rao 79 Narayan rice Traders, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner,T.Krishna Murthy 80 Pardhasaradhi Rice producers, Jonnalagadda, rep.by its Partner 81 Nageswara Rice Working Company, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner T.Venkata Subrahmanyam Guntur District 82 Keerthi Seva Sangam (Mini Rice Mill) Vissapalem, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Secretary,A.V.Ramayya Guntur District 83 Kanakadurga Trading Company. Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner, P.Prakash Rao Guntur District 84 Kanyakaparameswari Rice & Dall Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner M.Purnachandra Rao Guntur District 85 Maruthi Rice working company, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner B.V.Subrahmanyam Guntur District 86 Vijaya Sai Rice Working Company, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner P.V.Krishna Guntur District 87 Vijaya Bhavani Boiled Rice Mill, Vissapalem Narasaraopet,rep.by its Partner D.S.Nageaswar Rao Gunutur District 88 Satyanarayana Rice Working Company Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner K.V.Subba Rao, Guntur District 89 Sri Venkateswara Swamy Rice & Flour Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner, Ch.Pulla Rao Guntur District 90 Karthikeya Rice Working Company, Narasaropet, rep.by its Partner Ch.Sriharibabu Guntur District 91 Vijaya Rice working Company Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner P.Venkata Subbarayudu Guntur Distric 92 Sri Rajamatha Rice Mill, Narasaraopet, rep.by its Partner G.Krishna Mohan Rao Guntur District 93 Sri Srinivasa Rice & Flour Mill, Nekarikallu, rep.by its Partner K.Ramasubba Rao Guntur District 94 Vayuputra Rice Traders, Srirampuram rep.by itsManaging Partner Medam Konda Reddy Guntur District 95 Sri Ramanjaneya Traders, Challagundla, rep.by itsManaging Partner Ch.V.K.S.Prakas Rao Guntur District 96 Sri Venkateswara Rice Working Company, Challagundla, rep.by its Managing Partner KV.Hanumantha Rao Guntur District 97 Hemadri Rice Traders, Nekarikallu, rep.by itsManaging Partner, J.V.Samba Siva Rao Guntur District 98 Maheswari Rice Traders, Nekarikallu rep.by itsManaging Partner M.V.Sambasiva Rao Guntur District 99 Sri Balaji Rice Traders, Challagundla rep.by itsManaging Partner M.Srinivasa Reddy Guntur District 100 Jaya Srinivasa Traders, Challagundla rep.by itsManaging Partner, G.Hanimi Reddy 101 Sai Lakshmi Srinivasa Traders, Kunkalagunta, rep.by its Partner A.Kotestawra Rao Guntur District 102 Vijaya Bhavani Rice Traders, Dechavaram, rep.by its Partner D.S.Nageswar Rao Guntur District 103 Vigneswara Rice Working Company Perecharla, rep.by its Managing Partner Y.Sambasiva Rao Guntur District 104 Rama Rice Traders, Narsaraopoet, rep.by itsManaging Partner,B.Venkateswarlu 105 Varasiddhi Rice Traders, Narsaraopet, rep.by itsManaging Partner, B.Venkateswarlu Guntur District 106 Lakshmi Ganapathi Rice & Flour Mill, Narasaopet, rep.by its Partner VVNM.Krishna kumar Guntur District 107 Siva Seetharamanjaneya Traders Lingamguntla, rep.by its prop. B.V.Koteswar Rao Guntur District 108 Vinayaka Rice Traders, Dondapadu, rep.by its Partner Ch.Ranga Rao Guntur District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of A.P., Food & Agriculture (Marketing) Department rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The State of A.P., Law & Legislative Affairs, rep. by its Secretary, Secertariat, Hyderabad 3 The Director of Marketing, Government of Andhra Pradesh,Hyderabad 4 The Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Hyderabad. 5 The Agricultural Market Committee, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, rep.by its Secretary. .....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 a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring that the action of the respondents in notifying the rice as agricultural produce for the purpose of levy of Market fee under the provisions of the A.P.Agricultural (Produce & Live Stock) Markets Act, 1966, is arbitrary and illegal, and direct the respondents not to insist the petitioners to pay the Market fee on the rice milled from out of paddy, if necessary by granting a declaration that Rice is not an agricultural produce within the meaning of the A.P. Agricultural (Produce and live stock) Markets Act, 1966 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.M.SIVANANDA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 4 : G.P. for Agriculture Counsel for Respondent No. 5:MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY (Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees) WRIT PETITION NO : 16388 of 2003 Between: 1 M/s. Balaji Raw & Boiled Rice Mills Rep.byManaging Partner M.Venkateswara Rao, S/o Sitaramaiah, Medarametla, Prakasam District. 2 M/s. Raghvendra Raw & Boiled Rice Mill Rep.byManaging Partner Kota Subba Rao, S/o Nayudamma, Medarametla, Prakasam District. 3 Sri Rama Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, rep by Managing Partner, Muvva Subbaiah, S/o Ankaiah, Medarametla, Prakasam District. 4 Sri Venkata Sai Boiled & Raw Rice Mill, Rep by its Proprietor A. Ramachandra Rao S/o Venkateswarlu, Medarametla, Prakasam District 5 Sri Subrahmanyeswara Rice Mill, Rep by Proprietor Sama Venkata Subba Rao, S/o Subbarayudu, Medarametla, Prakasam District. 6 M/s. Balaji Traders Rep.Managing Partner M. Radha Krishna Murthy, S/o Raghavaiah, Medarametla, Prakasam District. 7 M/s. Sri lakshmi Rice Mill Rep byManaging Partner P.V. Bhaskara Rao, S/o Bollaiah, Martur, Prakasam District. 8 Sri Venkateswara Rice Mill Rep byManaging Partner M. Kotaiah S/o Yallamandha, Martur, Prakasam District. 9 Thirumala Rice Traders Rep by its Partner Ch. Papa Rao S/o Ramachandraiah, Kundurru (Po)-523 303 Santhamaguluru Mandal, Prakasam District. 10 Sri Venkateswara Traders Rep.Managing Partner P.V.Vijaya Kumar, S/o late Rama Rao, Addanki, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Food and Agriculture (Marketing) Department, rep. by its Secretary, Sectetariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director of Marketing, Government of Andhra Pradesh, B.R.K.R. Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The Agricultral Market Committee rep. by its Secretary,Addannki Prakasam District. 4 The Agricultural Market Committee rep. by its Secretary, Martur, Prakasam 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 an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in notifying the Rice as agricultural produce for the purpose of levy of Market Fee under the provisions of the AP (Agrl Produce and Live Stock) Markets Act 1966 is arbitrary and illegal and direct the respondents not to insist the petitioners to pay the Market fee on the Rice milled from out paddy if necessary by granting a declaration that the rice is not an agricultural produce within the meaning of the A.P Agricultural (produce & Live Stock), Markets act 1966. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.SAI GANGADHAR CHAMARTY Counsel for Respondents No.1 & 2:G.P. for Agriculture Counsel for Respondents No. 3 & 4:MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY (Standing Counsel for Agricultural Market Committees) WRIT PETITION NO : 16594 of 2003 Between: 1 M/s. Udayabhaskara Rice Mill, rep.by its Partner T.Anjaneyulu, S/o.Venkateswara Gupta, Maddipadu Prakasam District 2 New Satyanarayana Traders, rep. by its Proprietor, M.S.Venkatasatyanarayana, S/o.Radhakrishna Murthy Santhanuthalapadu, Prakasam District 3 Siva Traders, rep. by its Proprietor, Nusum Yogi Ramireddy, S/o. Govinda Reddy Chimakurthy, Prakasam District 4 Sri Srinivasa Raw&Boiled Rice Mill rep. by its Partner A.Seshagirirao S/o.Seshagirirao, Vellampalli, PrakasamDistrict 5 Sri Kamakshi Traders rep. by its Patner P.Narasimhaswamy S/o. Varadaiah Kandukur, Prakasam District 6 Sri Venkatasai Traders, Rep. by its Proprietor D.Venkateswarlu,S/o.Brahmarao, Kandukur Prakasam District. 7 Sri Venkatasia Dattatraya Raw BoiledRice Mill& Flour Mill rep. by its Proprietor,I.V.Subba Rao, S/o. Venkatanarasihmam Kandukur Prakasam District. 8 Sri Venkatasai Traders, Rep. by its Proprietor D.Venkateswarlu, S/o.Brahmarao, Kandukur Prakasam District. 9 Sri Venkateswara Rice &General Merchants rep. by its Proprietor Kothuri Radhaiah, S/o. Venkateswarlu Kandukur, Prakasam District 10 Sri Lakshmi Traders rep. by its Proprietor C.Venkateswarlu S/o. Venkaiah Kandukur, Prakasam District 11 Sri venkatalaxmi Sai Traders, rep. by Proprietor D.Sreenivasulu S/o. Venkateswarlu Kandukur, Prakasam District 12 Sri venkatalaxmi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. by its Proprietor G.Mallikarjuna Rao, S/o. Subbarao, Singarayakonda Prakasam District 13 Sri Kalayani Traders rep. by its Proprietor Smt.T.Prabhavathi W/o. Koteswara rao Singarayakonda, Prakasam District 14 Tathatavarti Koteswara Rao, S/o. Peraiah Rice and General Merchant Singarayakonda, Prakasam District. 15 Sri Padmavathi Rice Mill rep. by its Proprietor K.Venkataramaiah S/o.Pitchaiah, Singarayakonda, Prakasam District 16 Gayathri Raw Boiled Rice&Flour Mill rep. by its Proprietor Smt.K.Manjula, W/o. Badarinarayana Singarayakonda Prakasam District. 17 Thummapudi Punnaiah Reddy S/o. Garataiah Rice and General Merchant Singarayakonda, Prakasam District 18 M/s.Laxmi Srinivasa Rice&Flour Mill rep. by its Partner Y.Venkateswarlu S/o. Kotaiah, Podili, Prakasam District, ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Food and Agriculture (Marketing) Department,