IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.28818 of 1998 Between: 1 Sree Padmavathy Paddy and Rice Company, Rep. Prop: Sri D.V.Krishna Reddy, S/o. Ramana Reddy, Food Grains Delar, Nellore. 2 M/s. Venkata Nageswara Rice Traders, Rep. Prop: Sri Y.Nageswara Rao,S/o. Lakshmaiah, Nellore. 3 M/s. Sree Lakshmi Ganapathi Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri R.Subba Rao, S/o. Chalapati, Nellore. 4 M/s. Sri Sai Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Prop: P.V.Sudhakar, S/o. Subrahmanyam, Nellore. 5 M/s.Rakrina Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner-Sudheer Reddy, S/o. Narahari Reddy, Nellore. 6 M/s. Sri Lakshmi Pallavi & co., Rep. Prop: Sri S.V.Narasimhulu, S/o. Venkataramanaiah, Padugupadu, Nellore. 7 M/s. Sri Lakshmi Balaji Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri K.Brahmaiah, S/o. Venkataswami, Pedacherukuru, Nellore. 8 M/s. Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Raw & Boild Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri T.Mala Kondaiah, Padugupadu, Nellore. 9 M/s. Sree Vasavi Raw & Boild Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri S.Ramesh, Padugupadu, Nellore. 10 M.Venkaiah, S/o. Sriramulu, Nellore. 11 M/s. Vijay Traders & Sri Raja Rajarajeswari Raw & Boiled Ric Rep. Managing Partner- Sri K.Prasanna Kumar Reddy, S/o. Padmanabha Reddy, Nellore. 12 K.Padmanabha Reddy, S/o. Balarami Reddy, Mutukur, Nellore. 13 M/s. Sri Venkata Satyanarayana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri D.S.Prasad, S/o. Venkata Subbaiah, Allipuram, Nellore. 14 M/s. Sri Janardhana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri D.Janardhan, S/o. Narappa Naidu, Pedacherukuru Nellore. 15 M/s. Sri Sai Leela Traders, Rep. Partner- Sri Ch.Satish, S/o. Subbaramiaiah, Kodavaloor, Nellore. 16 M/s. Shri Siridi Sai Traders, Rep. Prop: Sri M.V.Basaveswara Rao, S/o. Sreemannarayana, Nellore. 17 M/s. Sri Venkata Sai Traders, Rep. Prop: Sri P.V.Babu, S/o.Hazakittaiah, Nellore. 18 M/s. Sri Sai Baba Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Partner- Sri K.Venkateswarlu, S/o. Subba Rao, Nellore. 19 M/s. Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Managing Partner-Sri B.Venkateswarlu,S/o. Penchalaiah, Nellore. 20 M/s. Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Raw & Boiled Rice Mill, Rep. Managing Partner-Sri R.Ramana Rao, S/o. Penchalaiah, Nellore. 21 M/s. Sri Sankara Rice Mill, Rep. Managing Partner- Sri.P.Pitchaiah, S/o. Masthanaiah Nai Nellore. 22 M/s. P.V.Suresh Babu, S/o. Satyanarayana, Nellore. 23 M/s. Nandini Rice Traders, Rep. Partner- Sri Ch.Mallikarjuna, S/o. Subba Rao, Nellore. 24 M/s. Sri Rama Krishna Rice Traders, Rep. Prop: Sri C.Jayarami Reddy, Kodurupadu, Nellore. 25 Sri Singamsetty Koteswara Rao, S/o. Narasimham, Kavali, Nellore. 26 M/s. Sri Rama Krishna Rice Mill, Rep. Managing Partner- Sri M.V.Narasimha Rao, S/o. Ramakrish Maddurupadu, Kavali. 27 M/s. Sri Prasanna Sundara Lakshmi Industries Raw and Boild Rep. Managing Partner- P.Rosaiah, Kavali. 28 Sri Shirdhi Saibaba Paddy & Rice Company, Rep. Prop: Sri K.Eswara Reddy, S/o. Linga Reddy, Nellore. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Director of Marketing, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 the Assistant Director of Marketing, Nellore. 3 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Nellore. 4 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Kavali, Nellore. 5 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Kovur, Nellore. 6 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Chittoor. .....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 toissue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents not to collect MArket Fee for the Rice i.e, being transported by the petitioners in their lorries accompanied by release certiﬁcate issued under clause 8 of the A.P.Rice procurement (Levy) order, 1984 by the District Collector, Nellore and Way Bill issued under the A.P.G.S.T.Act by the Commercial Tax Dept., and invoice by the vendor and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KRISHNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.MADHAVA REDDY The Court made the following: Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SRAVAN} THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.28818 of 1998 ORDER: It is not in dispute that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.18977/2002 and batch dated 21.12.2004. It is stated that aggrieved by the said Division Bench Judgment, the petitioners therein have carried the matter to the Supreme court and only leave was granted but no stay has been granted. Following the ratio laid down in the above referred judgment, the Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 07.08.2008 Dsr .... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director of Marketing, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad. 2 the Assistant Director of Marketing, Nellore. 3 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Nellore. 4 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Kavali, Nellore. 5 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Kovur, Nellore. 6 The Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Chittoor. 7 2. 2CCs to 8. 2CD copies