IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 2402 of 1993 Between: 1 M/s. Kancham Venkataratnam & Sons rep. by its partner Sri K. viswanath S/o. Venkataratnam Hindupur. 2 M/s. Chandra Gupta Enterprises rep. by its partner B. Chandra Gupta S/o. Venkatesaiah Hindupur. 3 M/s.R. Aswathanarayana Mundy Merchants rep. by its Partner R.A.Sreedhar S/o. Aswathanarayana, MF Rd., Hindupur. 4 M/s. Chegu Traders, Prop. C. R. Ravindranath, S/o. C. S. Rathnam Gupta Old AB Lane, Hindupur. 5 M/s. Shankar Traders rep. by its prop. M.N. Paramasivaiah, S/o.Nanjundappa, M.F.Road, Hindupur. 6 M/s. Sri Saptagiri Traders rep. by its prop. T.V. Narasimha Murthy Old Andhra Bank Lane, Hindupur. 7 M/s. T. Ramacdhandra Rao & Co., rep. by its prop. T.R.Shivaji Rao, S/o. Ramachandra RaoHindupur. 8 M/s. K.M. Krishnaiah & Sons rep. by its partner K.K. Balachandra Gupta S/o. K.M. Krishnaiah Main Bazar, Hindupur. 9 M/s. Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Traders rep. by its prop. M. Venkataratnam S/o. Venkata Krishnaiah Hindupur. 10 M/s. Mahesh Mundy Merchants rep. by its partner G.M. Basawaraj, S/o. Mallappa Market Yard, Hindupur. 11 M/s. Balaji Mundy Merchants prop M.V.Satyanarayana S/o. Venkatesaiah M. F.Road, Hindupur. 12 M/s. W. Thimma Reddy & Sons rep. by its partner V.T. Viswanatha Reddy S/o. W. Thimma Reddy Hindupur. 13 M/s. K.M. Ramaiah & Sons rep. by its partner K.R. Prabhakara Gupta S/o. Ramaiah M.F. Road, Hindupur. 14 M/s. K.M. Subbaiah Setty & Sons rep. by its partner K.S.Radhakrishna S/o. Subbaiah Setty, M.F. Road, Hindupur. 15 M/s. Sree Guru Raghavendra Traders rep. by its prop. V. Sreenivasulu S/o. Adinarayana Old Shorab Street, Hindupur. 16 M/s. Padma Traders rep. by its prop. G. Suryanarayana Setty S/o. Krishnaiah Setty Market Yard, Hindupur. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 State of A.P. rep. by its Secretary F&A( Mktg-1) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Secretary (Dismissed) Agricultural Market Committee Hindupur, Anantapur 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 will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction preferably in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent directing the commission agents to deposit Rs.50,000/- allowing the existing commission agents to pay the same in 4 annual equal instalments of Rs.12,500/- each for the renewal of licence as provided in G.O.Ms.NO. 1178 F & A (Mktg-1) Dept., dt. 11.9.1992 para No.3 and 4 are illegal, arbitrary, lack of jurisdiction and violative of Article 14 & 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and direct the respondents to renew the licences of the petitioners without reference to the conditions laid in para 3 and 4 of the G.O.Ms.No. 1178 F & A Dept., dt. 11.9.1992 and pass such other orders. For the Petitioner: MR.KAKARAVENKATA RAO, Advocate For the Respondent No.: GP FOR AGRICULTURE The Court Made the Following : ORDER It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in view of the interim orders already passed, no further orders are necessary. ` Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. 24-06-2004. hsd/bss ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. Secretary, State of A.P. F&A( Mktg-1) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Secretary (Dismissed) Agricultural Market Committee,Hindupur, Anantapur district. 3.2CCs to G.P. for Agriculture, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4.2CD copies