( 1 ) THIS Writ Appeal comes before us on a reference made by our learned brothers, Sambasiva Rao and Sheth JJ. This writ appeal has been filed against the decision of Obul Reddi, J. (as he then was) in Writ Petition No. 4631 of 1972. The Writ petition was filed seeking directions against the State of Andhra Pradesh the Director of Marketing and the Agricultural Marketing Committee, Anakapalle, to desist from enforcing the bye-laws and R. 73 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Live Stock) Market Rules, 1969 and the executive order of the Government in its memorandum No. 2733/agriculture/iv/71/1 dated 26-8-1971 on the ground that the bye-laws and R. 73 are ultra virus and without jurisdiction.

( 2 ) THE main dispute between the parties is regarding the interpretation of some of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Live Stock) Markets Act (16 of 1966), (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). By this Act two earlier Acts, which were in force in different regions of the State of Andhra Pradesh were repealed. These two Acts were the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Commercial Crops Act. 1933 and the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Agricultur