Judgment

P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.: - This Appeal is by Special Leave against the Judgment of the Mysore High Court dismissing the Writ Petition filed by the Appellants and Respondent Ho. 3 against Respondents 1 and 2, the Market Committee, Sirsi and the State of Mysore respectively, by which they challenged the Notification of the Government of Mysore No. DPC 206 CMD 64 (i) dated 5th January 1965. The Town of Sirsi in the North Canara which wee once part of the Bombay State is one of the leading markets for Areca, Cardamom and Pepper. The Appellants have been carrying on business in these 3 commodities on a large scale for many years in this town mainly in the localities comprising Channapattan Galli Basti Galli and Nadged Galli, while the Respondent 3 who is a dealer in the said commodities was carrying on business in Nadged Galli. In the Channapattan Galli there are nearly 20 Commission Agents who own shops and godowns who also deal in these commodities. It was stated that the three Gallis constitute the main market where wholesale business in the aforesaid commodities is being carried on for more than a century.

2. The Bombay Legislature had passed the Bombay Agricultural Produce M