( 1 ) IN all these writ petitions, the power of the Agricultural Market Committee, hyderabad to levy and collect market fees from the petitioner herein, the commission agents who carry on business of selling betel leaves as commission agents of the growers in "gyan Bagh", Hyderabad, a private market owned by them is questioned.

( 2 ) THE members of the "pan Merchants Wholesale Commission Agents association, "hyderabad are licenced commission agents carrying on the trade of selling betel leaves on behalf of the growers in the private market "gyan bagh" situated in Sitarampet, Hyderabad. They plead that the private market "gyan Bagh" is owned by them, that they have been carrying on the trade in betel leaves as commission agents in that market from time immemorial and that no facilities whatsoever have been provided so far in that market by the agricultural Market Committee, Hyderabad. It is further stated that "gyan bagh" has not been so far established as a market proper under sub-section (3) of Section 4 of the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural (Produce and Livestock) Markets act, 1966 (for short the Act ).

( 3 ) IN exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) of Section 2 of the Act

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