B. SUBHASHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS Writ Petition was filed seeking a prayer to declare the action of the respondents in not handing-over the cattle market at Shankarpalli village of Ranga Reddy District, to the petitioner as illegal.

( 2 ) MAY be the prayer as sought for cannot be granted for the reason that if the place where the cattle market is being held belongs to the Gram panchayat, the place physically cannot be handed over to the petitioner. But, the learned Standing Counsel for the petitioner-Agricultural Market committee submits that what was sought for is to prohibit the respondents from conducting cattle market and collecting the market fee therefor, for the reason that the place where the cattle market is being conducted falls within the notified area of the petitioner and that in any event, the cattle market has to be held only by the petitioner-Market Committee in view of section 29 (1) of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural (Produce and Livestock) markets Act, 1966 (A. P. Act 16 of 1966 ). The Gram Panchayat Act was enacted in the year 1964 while the A. P. Act 16 of 1966 was enacted in the year 1966. That apart, the Gram Panchayat deals in other spheres of local-self gov

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