N. Y. HANUMANTHAPPA, J.

( 1 ) THE challenge in this batch of writ petitions is to the competent of the agricultural Market Committees to levy and collect market fee on Ghee, under the provisions of the A. P. (Agricultural Produce and Live Stock) Markets Act, 1966 (for short the Act ), at one per cent on sale of ghee and further insisting on the dealers dealing in ghee to obtain licences and maintain proper records.

( 2 ) THE facts as narrated by the petitioners are as under: The petitioners are traders dealing in ghee. According to them they purchase ghee from farmers and transport the same out of the State of Andhra pradesh. Ghee is prepared out of butter through mechanised process. From Milk, curd is prepared and butter is churned from the curd. However, under the mechanised process butter is also extracted directly from milk. After the butter is prepared it is put to heating process to get ghee, which is a by-product of butter. Under the provisions of the Act, market fee or cess is levied on different items of livestock and products of livestock by the Agricultural Market committees (for short the Committee ) constituted by the Government under sections 3 and 4 of the Act. Und

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