Venkatarama Ayyar, J. (sitting alone.)-

The common question of law that is raised in these petitions is whether the Madras Commercial Crops Markets Act (XX of 1933) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and the Rules framed thereunder have become voild and unenforceable as being repugnant to the Constitution. In C.M.P. No. 13169 of 1950 the facts are that the Government of Madras in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2 (i-a) of the Act issued on 27th June, 1949, a notification declaring cocoanuts, copra and arecanuts as commercial crops! On 15th November, 1949, a further notification was made under section 4 of the Act declaring the district of Malabar as notified area under the Act in respect of the above commodities. In May 1950, a Market Committee was constituted under section 4-A of the Act and on 26th November, 1950 and 27th November, 1950, the Committee published certain notices marked as Exhibits A, B, B-1 and B-2 and it is the validity of these notices that is in question in this petition. Exhibit A provides that the merchants must, in order to do business in cocoanuts, copra and arecanuts, obtain licences on payment of fees as provided therein and register t

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