IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.10522 of 1998 Between: 1 Maruthi Cotton Company, rep.by Managing Partmer, Jayavarapu Subba Rao, S/o Veerabhadra Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 2 Sri Hanuman Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Proprietor, Grandhi Mohana Rao, S/o Vittal Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 3 Venkateswara Cotton Gining Mill, rep.By it's Managing Partner, Suryadevara Madhusudhana Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 4 Basaveswara Cotton Ginning Mill, rep.by Proprietor,Suryadevara Ramesh, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 5 Basaveswara Cotton Traders, rep.by Proprietor, Suryadevara Satyanarayana , R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 6 Vengamamba Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Managing Partner,Gude Naraiah, R/o. Etikuri Road, Guntur. 7 M/s. Lakshmi Venkata Ramana Cotton Company, Rep.by it's Proprietor,Chundu Nageswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 8 Bhaskar Traders, rep.by Proprietor,Kalluri Suesh, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 9 Venkata Naga Suvarchala Cotton Traders, rep.by Proprietor,P.Samba Siva Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 10 Sri Rajeswari Cotton Traders, rep.by Proprietor, Patibandla Nageswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 11 Uma Cotton Syndicate , rep.by Managing Partner, Mandava Uma Maheswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 12 Venkateswara Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Mannava Koteswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 13 Venkatesa Syndicate, rep.by it's Managing Partner, Battula Venkata Swamy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 14 Lakshmi Prasanna Cotton Corporation, rep.by Prop: Bandaru Badri Narayana, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 15 Leela Cotton Corporation , rep.by it's Proprietor, Malempati Sambasiva Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 16 Venkateswara Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Lekkala Venkateswara Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 17 Gogineni and Company, rep.by it's prop: Gogineni Naga Murali, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 18 Siva Cotton Corporation , rep.by it's Proprietor, Nutakki Lakishmana Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 19 Samba Siva Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Proprietor, Suryadevara Nageswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 20 Sri Sai Krishna Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Ch.Rama Mohan Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. S/o.Kumaraswamy 21 Seetha Ramachandra Sekhara Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Gangireddi Gopala Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. S/o.Dasaradha Ramaiah 22 Gopi Enterprises, rep.by it's Proprietor, Gunatupalli Sambasiva Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 23 Venkata Vijaya Durga Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, K.Prasada Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 24 Sri Srinivasa Industries, rep.by it's Partner: G.V.R.Prasad, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 25 Veeranjaneya Cotton Corporation, rep.b Prop.Ch. Nageswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 26 Vasantha Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Proprietor, Srinivasa Rao, S/o.Gaddipati Srinivasa Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 27 Sri Srinivas Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor,P.Srinivasa Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. S/o.Saidaiah 28 Tirumala Cotton Ginning Mill, rep.by it's Proprietor, M.Venkata Subbaiah, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. S/o.Ramaiah 29 Divaya Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Manging Partner, J.Lakshma Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 30 R.R.Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Partner, V.Brahmananda Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 31 Vasavi Cotton Syndicate, rep.by Partmer M.Uma Maheswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 32 Sowbhagya Lakshmi Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, M.Kishore Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 33 Sri Gayatri Trading Company, rep.by it's PartnerK.Srinivasa Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 34 Vijaya Cotton Traders , rep.by it's Proprietor, Velpuri Nageswara Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 35 Sri Lakshmi Venkagamamba Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Proprietor, G.Sridhar, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 36 Sri Bramaramba Cotton Corporation, rep.by it's Partner,Meda Satyanarayana, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 37 Vasavi Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Managing Partner, Chinnam Subrahmanyam , R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 38 Rajendra Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Mannava Krishnakumari, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 39 Sri Ravi Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Partner, K.Chandrasekhar Rao, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 40 Raghavendra Vanijya, rep.by it's Proprietor, Gudivada Rambabu, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 41 Sri sainath Traders, rep.by it's Partner, Y.Manjulatha, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 42 Sireesha Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Mallu Gangireedy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 43 Venkateswara Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Suryadevara Rajendra Prasad, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 44 Lepakshi Cotton Ginning Mill, rep.by it's Proprietor, K.Siva Reddy, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. 45 Vallen Cotton Traders, rep.by it's Proprietor, Ch.Hariprasad, R/o.Etikuri Road, Guntur. (All are residents of Etikuri Road, Guntur) ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by it's Secretary, Food & Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad-4. 2 The Director of Marketing, Government of Andhra Pradesh, B.R.K.R.Building, Hyderabad. 3 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep. by it's Secretary, Pidugurall, Guntur District. 4 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Narasaraopet, Guntur District. 5 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Sattenapalli, Guntur District. 6 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Macherla, Guntur District. 7 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Guntur, Guntur District. 8 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Pedanandipadu, Guntur District. 9 The Agricultural Market Committee, rep.by it's Secretary, Chilakaluripet, Guntur 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 direct the respondents not to collect market fee under A.P. Agricultural Produce and Live Stock Markets Act 1966 on the cotton seeds being traded by the petitioners by issuing WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate Writ Order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in compelling the petitioners to pay market fee on such cotton seeds as illegal and arbitrary. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.M.SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: GP for Foodand Agriculture Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3 to 9: Mr. K. Madhava Reddy, SC for Agrl. Market Committee. The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to direct the respondents not to levy and collect market fee under the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural (Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966 on the cotton seeds being traded by the petitioners. When the matter is taken up today, it is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondents 3 to 9 and conceded by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the subject matter of the writ petition is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this Court (W.P.No.25809 of 1995 and Batch, dated 01.01.1997) in Narayana Rao & Sons v. Govt. of A.P1, wherein this Court considered similar issue and dismissed the writ petitions. In the circumstances, following the said judgment, this writ petition is also dismissed for the same and similar reasons. No costs. _______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 11.03.2005 Nsr ..... 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