( 1 ) RULE. Service of rule is waived by Mr. Tushar Mehta for the respondent no. 1 and Mr. P. R. Abichandani, Ld. AGP for respondent nos. 2 and 3.

( 2 ) IN this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner who was earlier granted a licence for carrying on business as a general commission agent and as a trader in Stall No. 11-A the Sardar Patel Market Yard under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee ( hereinafter referred to as the "apmc") w. e. f. 17. 8. 96 on annual basis has challenged the non-renewal of the licence by the impugned resolution dated 29. 4. 2000 (Annexure H) passed by the APMC which was thereafter confirmed by the Director of Agricultural Market and Rural Finance on 23. 6. 2000 (Annexure I ).

( 3 ) AFTER the licence was given to the petitioner on 17. 8. 96 as per Annexure A, the licence was renewed every year w. e. f. 1st October of the subsequent years. However, when the petitioner submitted his application for renewal for the year 1999-2000 commencing from 1st October, 1999, the APMC issued a show cause notice dated 13. 3. 2000 (Annexure B) calling upon the petitioner to show cause as to why the petitioners application for rene