IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 17220 of 2004 Between: The Uravakonda Agricultural Marketing Committee, Ananthapur Distirct, rep.by its Chairman, Sri Devineni Purushotham, S/o Ramanna, aged 49 years, Uravakonda ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner and Director of Marketing, Government of A.P., Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue order or orders or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Circular Ref.No.S(1)350/2003, dated 20-5-2004 of the Commissioner and Director of Marketing, Government of A.P., as illegal and void and to pass such other order or orders in the interest of justice Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.L.ALI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court made the following : ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. It is brought to my notice by the learned Counsel for both the parties that the validity of the impugned circular dated 20-05-2004 has been considered by this Court in W.P.No.10453 of 2004 and the same was disposed of with an observation that the Chairmen of Agricultural Marketing Committees (the petitioners therein) can carry out any activity or function permissible under the provisions of the Act. Accordingly, following the decision in W.P.No.10453 of 2004, dated 24-06-2004, this writ petition is disposed of making it clear that the Chairman of the petitioner Marketing Committee can carry out any activity or function permissible under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966. No costs. ____________ 24-09-2004 klp To The Commissioner and Director of Marketing, Government of A.P., Hyderabad 2. 2CCs to G.P. for Agriculture, High Court buildings, Hyderabad.(OUT). 3. 2CD copies