1. These four appeals are from the common order of Jagannatha Shetty, J., in Writ Petitions Nos. 748, 1078, 1168 and 1998 of 1974. The respondents therein, namely, the Secretary, Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, Mangalore, and the Chief Marketing Officer, Karnataka State, are the appellants and the writ petitioners (hereinfter referred to as the petitioners) are the respondents in these appeals.

2. The petitioners are dealers in agricultural produce. In the writ petitions they had prayed for issue of writs in the nature of Mandamus directing the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, Mangalore (hereinafter referred to as the Market Committee) to refrain from demanding licence fee and market fee from them in respect of the agricultural produce specified in the Notification of the Government dated 8-6-1973. The learned single Judge allowed writ petitions and issued writs directing the Market Committee to forbear from demanding licence fee and market fee from petitioners in respect of the agricultural produce specified in the aforesaid Notification (dated 8-6-1973) until a fresh notification was issued under S.6 (2) (b) of the Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regu