( 1 ) PLAINTIFFS are the revision petitioners. They filed the suit in a repersentative capacity, inter alia for a declaration that the defendant (Agricultural Maket Committee kandukur) is not entitled to levy or collect any fee or penalty under section 12 and 13 of the Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Produce and Livestock Markets Act and under Bye law 24 of the defendant Committee, from the plaintiffs and other traders of tobacco and for the consequential relief of permanent injunction.

( 2 ) THE suit was filed at a time when the defendant started serving demand notices on the plaintiff and other tobacco traders for furnishing returns of purchases for the purpose of collecting market-fee at the rate of 20 paise per hundred rupees proposed to be levied as per section 12 (1) of the Act. The suit is, there fore valued at Rs. 15,500 and a Court-fee of Rs. 1,146 was paid under section 24 (d) and section 20 f the Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suits valuation Act. Thereafter, the check-slip was issued on the ground that the suit is tiled in a representative capacity to avert the loss that would be sustained on account of the proposed levy and collection of fees by the defendant and that the re

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