L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner is a rice mill. It submitted an application to the respondent for issuance of "export permit books". Through letter dated 30. 11. 2004, the respondent informed the petitioner that it would not be issued permit book, unless market fee is paid in respect of the agricultural produce, covered by the used permit books, and unless it executes an undertaking, in terms of condition No. 8 of the licence, to the effect that it shall collect the market fee from the purchasers and remit the same to the committee.

( 2 ) THE petitioner contends that the obligation to pay market fee is that of the purchaser, and it is the duty of the respondent to collect the market fee. It is also stated that the permits, contained in the export permit book, contain all the particulars of the sale, such as the description of the purchaser, place and means of export, name of the produce and its weighment, and the fact whether market fee was or not; and in that view of the there ought not have been any difficulty the respondent to take steps to collect market fee. It is also stated that, if market fee is due from the petitioner, procedure prescribed under the a. p. (agric

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