ORDER :

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 4 and 5 to forbear from levying 1% market fee on the cashew nuts imported by the petitioner from foreign countries, and further direct the said respondents to refund forthwith the amount unauthorisedly collected to a tune of Rs. 16,00,178/- (Rupees Sixteen Lakhs One Hundred and Seventy Eight only).

1. This Writ Petition has been filed for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the fourth and fifth respondents from levying 1% market fee on the cashew nuts imported by the petitioner from the foreign countries and for a further direction to the respondents to refund the sum of Rs. 16,00,178/- (Rupees Sixteen Lakhs One Hundred and Seventy Eight only), that was collected from the petitioner towards the market fee.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he is the Proprietor of an Agency, which is involved in the business of importing raw cashew nuts from other Countries, which is processed in the Factory and the processed cashew nuts are sold across India. The petitioner is also the Managing Director of another Company, which is involved in the