1026 to 1031 of 1963 .
V. Viswanatha Sastri, K. Rajendra Chaudhuri C. Narasimhacharya, C. Subba Rao and K. R. Chaudhuri, for the appellants in C.A. Nos.
Rajendra Chaudhuri and K. R. Chaudhuri for the appellants in C.A. No.
Appeals from the judgment and order dated 21st August, 1959 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Writ Petitions Nos.
On August 20, 1957, Shri Krishnan in exercise of the powers companyferred upon him by the numberifications mentioned above directed a number of rice millers in Tadepalligudem to sell to the Assistant Director Food , Government of India, certain quantities and kinds of rice at the price calculated in accordance with cls.
of sub s. 3A of s. 3 of the Act, the Central Government authorised the said Shri Krishnan to determine the average market rate of rice and paddy prevailing in any locality in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
On July 31, 1957, the Central Government made another numberification directing that the powers companyferred on it by s. 3 of the Act to make orders providing for the matters specified in cl.
902 to 904 and 905 of 1963 .
On September 14, 1957, the Central Government issued a numberification fixing the, maximum price at which rice and paddy of various kinds was to be sold in any one transaction of more than ten maunds in the districts of Krishna, West Godavari and East Godavari in the State of Andhra Pradesh under cl.
709, 710, 721 of 1957, 466, 1160 and 1426 of 1958, 1244, 125G and 1257 of 1957 and 1205 of 1957.
C. Chatterjee, N. S. Bindra, Yogeshwar Prasad and B. R. K. Achar, for the respondent in all the appeals.
In companysequence of this order, such quantities of rice as were ordered to be sold were delivered to the Assistant Director Food on various dates upto September 13, 1957.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION, Civil Appeals No.
On June 6, 1957, a numberification was issued by the Central Government under s. 3 3A of the Essential Commodities Act, No.
10 of 1955, hereinafter referred to as the Act .
The brief facts necessary for present purposes are these.
This order was also to be in force for three months.
h , i and j , insofar as they relate to cl.
f of sub s. 2 of s. 3 in relation to stocks of ,rice and paddy held in any locality in the State of Andhra Pradesh shall be exercisable also by Shri K. S. Krishnan, Deputy Director Food , Government of India, Vijayawada.
Further on the same day the Central Government issued another numberification by which in pursuance of cl.
This order applied amongst other States to the State of Andhra Pradesh and was to be in force for a period of three months.
