CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners are agents of the Government of the States of Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for the sale of tickets, in Andhra Pradesh, of lotteries conducted by these Governments. Sri N. V, B. Sankar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, tells me that except the Govt. of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Nagaland, all other State Governments conduct lotteries and utilise the proceeds for their development plans. All these years such lottery tickets were being freely sold in the State of Andhra Pradesh. But on 24-12-1971 the Government of Andhra Pradesh issued the following memorandum to the Inspector General of Police;"the attention of the Inspector General of Police is invited to the reterence cited and he is informed that sale of lottery tickets of other States in this State is unlawful under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Lotteries Act, 1968 and action under Section 3 of the said Act can straightway be taken in such cases. The Inspector General of Police is requested to issue suitable instructions to all concerned in the matter. "

( 2 ) THE petitioners q

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