( 1 ) SEVERAL traders, who are all registered dealers in rice and broken rice, have joined in filing a single writ petition seeking a writ, of prohibition or any other appropriate writ, direction or order to interdict the State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary (Civil Supplies Department) the Commissioner of Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Andhra Pradesh and the General Manager, South Central Railway, Secunderabad (respondent 1 to 4 respectively) from interfering with the free movement of rice and broken rice of the petitioners in their second and subsequent sales both either by rail or road, within the State and export to other States of the Country, declaring the action of the respondents in insisting on production of permits, as illegal and without jurisdiction, arbitrary and an abuse of authority violative of the rights of the petitioners under Article 19 (1) (g) and Article 301 of the Constitution of India.

( 2 ) SEVERAL such writ petitions in which varying number of traders have joined to file a single writ petition, are now before us. When these matters came up before our learned brother P. A. Choudary, J.