(1.) These are four writ applications under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution. They will all be disposed of by this common judgment. In a nut shell the contention of the petitioners in each of these applications is that they are not liable to pay the market fee on their goods in terms of the Bihar Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1960 (hereinafter called 'the Act'). Since the widest sweep of the submissions was advanced in C.W.J.C. No. 1797 of 1984, I shall first consider the submissions advanced in that application.
(2.) C.W.J.C No. 3215 of 1984:
(3.) C.W.J. No. 4096 of 1986: