IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 12582 of 2004 Between: 1 Sri Annapurna Rice Company, Piduguralla, represented by its partner Thondapu Brahamaiah S/o Venkateswarlu, aged about 48 years, R/o Janapadu Raod, Piduguralla, Guntur District 2 Lakshmi Venkata Ramana Rice Mill, Piduguralla, rep. by its Partner Kotha Hari Babu, aged 48 Years s/o Chalama Rao, Janapadu, Piduguralla, Guntur District . ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Food & Agriculture (Marketing) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Director of Marketing, Govt., of AP. Hyderabad 3 The Agricultural Market Committee, Piduguralla, Guntur District, Represented 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 will be pleased to declare that rice is not an agricultural produce and therefore item 2 of Schedule - II of the A.P.(Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966 and therefore not in accordance with section 2(1) of the Act and strike down item 2 of Schedule-II of the Act and to declare that stopping or otherwise obstructing the movement of rice by the Respondents at the Check posts or any other place, demanding and collecting market Fee from the petitioners is illegal and beyond the scope of Rule 75 and not in accordance with Section 12 of the Act by issuing Writ of Mandamus or any other writ, direction or appropriate order in the Circumstances. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.D.RANGANATHA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2: G.P. FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. Counsel for the respondent No.3: MR. K. MADHAVA REDDY ( SC FOR AGRL. MARKET COMMITTEE ) The Court made the following : Form-NIC-OGS/WP{GR} ORAL ORDER: ( per Hon’ble The Acting Chief Justice ) ……. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that this writ petition is covered by the judgment of this Court dated 21.12.2004 in W.P.No.18977 of 2002 and batch. 2. Accordingly this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 21.12.2004 in W.P.No.18977 of 2002 and batch. No costs. ________________ BILAL NAZKI, ACJ., _________________ G. CHANDRAIAH. J., Dated: 05.07.2005. VRK. To 1. The Secretary to Government, Food & Agriculture (Marketing) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2. The Director of Marketing, Govt., of AP. Hyderabad, 3. The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Piduguralla, Guntur District. 4. Two CCs to G.P., for Food & Agriculture, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 5. Two CD copies. HON’BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH. W.P.NO. 12582 OF 2004. ( Order of the Bench delivered by Hon’ble The Acting Chief Justice ) Dt: 05.07.2005.