THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.26649 & 27942 OF 2007 W.P.No.26649 of 2007 BETWEEN: M/s. Subrahmanyeswara Gunny Traders, 19-939, Rani Nagar, Old Town, Anantapur, rep. by its Proprietor, Ratnam Dhanasekhar, S/o. R. Subrahmanyam, Anantapur. …. PETITIONER And 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation (Marketing) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad, and another. …. RESPONDENTS W.P.No.27942 OF 2007 BETWEEN: M/s. Sri Venkateswara Agro eeds, #8-58, Kadiri Road, Anantapur, Rep. by its Proprietor Aleri Lakshmi Kantha Reddy, S/o. Latge A. Balarami Reddy, Anantapur District. …. PETITIONER And 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation (Marketing) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad, and another. …. RESPONDENTS Counsel for petitioners: Sri M.V.J.K. Kumar (in both W.Ps) Counsel for respondent No.1: G.P. for Civil Supplies. (in both W.Ps) Counsel for respondent No.2: Sri P. Bhanu Prakash (in both W.Ps) The Court made the following order: COMMON ORDER: 1. These two writ petitions have been filed to declare the action of the second respondent, viz., the Selection Grade Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Anantapur, in demanding agricultural market fee from the petitioners pursuant to the notice dated 03.10.2007 in RP No.257/2007 and RP No.255/2007 respectively, as illegal. 2. The learned counsel Sri P. Bhanu Prakash appearing for the second respondent fairly submits that the issue involved in these writ petitions is squarely covered by the order of a Division Bench of this Court in Sri Manjunatha Agro Tech Agencies and others v. Government of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Corporation (Marketing) Department and others[1] and following the said order of the Division Bench, two other writ petitions in W.P.Nos.26651 and 27202 of 2007 were allowed by order dated 01.07.2010. 3. Following the same, these two writ petitions are allowed and the reasons mentioned therein shall be read as part of this judgment. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ NOUSHAD ALI, J. 11th November, 2010 Js. [1] 2005 (3) ALD 245