In these five Writ Petitions, the decision of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in allotting space for running electronic weigh bridge in favour of one Amit Kumar Agarwal s/o. Lakshminarayan Agarwal, is challenged. Though the petitioners in each of these Writ Petitions are different, as the respondents and the subject matter of the dispute are common, they are heard and being disposed of together.

2. For convenience, the respondents are referred as they are arrayed in W.P. No.19520/2010.

3. The background leading to the filing of these Writ Petitions is briefly summarized as under:

4. Respondent No.3-The Agricultural Market Committee, Gaddiannaram, (for short "the Market Committee) which was an unit of Agricultural Market Committee, Hyderabad, constituted under the provisions of A.P. (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act 1996 (for short, "the Act"), was formed as a separate market committee with effect from 1-1-2006. L.B. Nagar vegetable market is under the administrative control of the Market Committee. Various varieties of fruits such as mangoes, sweet lime, oranges, bananas, pomegranates, apples etc., are brought in large scale into this market whose jurisdiction covers Sar