{"id":54360,"date":"1985-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1985-04-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-lakshmi-dry-fish-traders-and-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-10-april-1985"},"modified":"2015-10-10T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T11:26:45","slug":"sri-lakshmi-dry-fish-traders-and-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-10-april-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-lakshmi-dry-fish-traders-and-vs-state-of-andhra-pradesh-on-10-april-1985","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lakshmi Dry Fish Traders And … vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 10 April, 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"
Andhra High Court<\/div>\n
Sri Lakshmi Dry Fish Traders And … vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 10 April, 1985<\/div>\n
Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 AP 330<\/div>\n
Bench: P C Reddy, S A Khan<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
<\/pre>\n
JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
 P. Chennakesav Reddy, Actg. C.J. <\/p>\n
 1. In these writ  appeals a question of general interest  and frequent occurrence is raised for decision.  The question is whether the definition of ‘livestock’ in S.2(v) of the A. P. Agricultural Produce and Livestock Markets Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) takes within its scope and ambit also ‘dry fish’ as  and the declaration made by the Government under S. 3(3) of the Act specifying ‘dry fish’ as ‘livestock’ in Schedule II to the notification of the State Government  published notification of the State Government published in the A. P. Gazette dt. 7-11-1978 is valid.\n<\/p>\n
 2.   The writ petitioners are dealers i dry fish.  A notice was issued to the petitioners by the Agricultural Market Committees, Itchpuram,  asking  them to obtain necessary licence by paying the necessary fee under S. (91) (7(1)?) of the Act on the ground  that  they were carrying  on business  of purchase  and sale in agricultural  produce.  But the petitioners did not obtain  the necessary licence and carried on their business in 1980.  The  petitioner sent a reply to the Agricultural  Market Committee informing  them that the business in dry fish does not come within the purview of the Act and therefore there was not necessity to obtain any licence.  As the petitioners  continued to carry on their business without obtaining any licence under S. 7(1) of the Act, criminal cases were instituted against the petitioners and some  others.  Aggrieved against the prosecution   the petitioners filed the writ petitions.  The learned single Judge (Raghuvir, J., dismissed the writ petitions) holding that the word ‘fish in S.2(v)  of the Act includes ‘dry fish’ also and so the notifications  was valid. This indeed, is the genesis of the writ appeals.\n<\/p>\n
 3.   The only  question  for decision is whether ‘dry fish’ is  livestock  falling  within the definition of livestock in S.2(v) of the Act.  It is, therefore, necessary to read the definition of ‘livestock’ in S.2(v) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n
  “2(V) ‘Livestock’ means cows, buffaloes, bullocks, bulls, goats and sheep and includes poultry, fish and such other animals as may be declared by the Government by notification to be livestock for the purposes of this Act.”\n<\/p>\n
 It would be useful also to read the definition of ‘products of livestock’ in S.2(xv) of the Act.\n<\/p>\n
  “2(Xv) ‘Products of livestock’ means such products of livestock as may be declared by the Government by notification, to be  products of livestock for the  purposes of this Act.”\n<\/p>\n
 4.   In the Impugned notification dt. 7-11-1978 in the group-V the livestock ‘fish’ is not included.  What are included in that group are : 1) Bull, 2) Bullock,  3) Cow, 4) Beifer, 5) Buffalo (Bull), 6) He Buffalo, () Sheep and 10) Goats.  In group VI of the  Livestock Product what are include are : 1) Raw Hides, 2) Raw skins 3) Bones, 4) Horn and Hoof,  5) Hair and wool and 6) Ghee, ‘Fish’ group is separated from ‘livestock’ group and in this group what are included are : 1) Live Fish including fish with or without life in any form (inserted by G. O. Ms. No. 406 F & A, dt. 21-7-1980), 2) Dry fish and 3) live Prawn including Prawn with or without life in any form.  Again under the group of ‘poultry’ (group VII) only Hens, Ducks, and Cocks are included.\n<\/p>\n
 5.   A close  look  at the  definition of ‘Livestock’ would at once make it clear that the definition takes within  its scope and ambit only animals with life.  The meaning of the ‘livestock’ given in the Concise Oxford Dictionary  also is, animals  kept or dealt in for use of profit.  In the Chambers 20th Century Dictionary  the meaning given for ‘livestock’ is “domestic animals, esp., horses, cattle, sheep and pigs.” The  definition  of ‘livestock’ is  widened under the Act to include  ‘poultry’ ‘fish’ and such other animals as may be declared by the Government by its notification as ‘livestock’ for the purpose of the Act.  Even if ‘fish’ is considered to be an ‘animals’ the ‘dry fish’ in our opinion, cannot  fall  within the  sweep of the definition of ‘Livestock’ is also  made clear by the impugned notification itself (extracted above) where ‘dry fish’ is not  included in the ‘livestock’ group.  It is now well settled that, in construing the word in a taxing or penal statute, it should be  understood as in common parlance and not in any technical sense nor from any botanical point of view.  We cannot read into the definition words which are not found in it.  The definition of ‘Livestock’ includes ‘fish’ and such other animals as may be declared by  the Government  by its notification as livestock.  The Supreme Court in Ramavatar Budhaiprasad v. A. S. T. O.  Akola<\/a> , while construing  the word ‘vegetables’ observed after referring to several  decided cases, that “the word ‘vegetables’ in taxing statues is to be understood as in common parlance, i.e., denoting  class of vegetables which are grown in a kitchen garden or in a farm and are used for the table.”  We find  it difficult to hold that  in common parlance when a customer asks for ‘fish’ he means dry fish also. ‘Fish’  is understood in common parlance only as ‘wet fish’ with or without life.\n<\/p>\n
 6.   The learned Government Pleader, however, invited our attention to the decision of the Supreme Court reported in Chimanlal v. State of Bombay,  and<\/a> attempted to garner support from the observations contained therein to the effect  that “cotton, ginned or unginned, continued to be cotton till it loses its identity by some chemical or industrial process.  So long as the identity is not lost, the fact that it is pressed into bales or packed otherwise does not make it any the less ‘cotton’ specified in the Schedule to the Act”.  Therefore the Supreme Court was only concerned with the question whether cotton ginned or unginned, continues to be cotton till it loses its identity by some chemical or  industrial process.  As observed by the Supreme Court, cotton there had not undergone any  change, but in the case on hand ‘fish’ is   undoubtedly a different product from the ‘dry fish’.  Fish has undergone a change, i.e., fish with or without life and after  change alone whether due to exposure to the sun or any other chemical treatment becomes dry fish.  In our opinion the decision of the Supreme Court far from lending any support to the learned Government Pleader fortifies our conclusion.\n<\/p>\n
 7.   In the result the writ appeals are allowed and the impugned notification in so far as the inclusion of the ‘dry fish’ in Schedule II to the said notification is concerned is quashed.  No costs.  Advocates’ fee Rs. 150\/- in each.\n<\/p>\n
 8.    The  learned Government Pleader as well as the learned Standing Counsel of the Agricultural Market Committee make oral  applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.  In our opinion no substantial question of law of general importance which requires to be considered by the Supreme Court arises  in these cases.  The oral request, is therefore rejected.\n<\/p>\n
 9. Appeals allowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Andhra High Court Sri Lakshmi Dry Fish Traders And … vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 10 April, 1985 Equivalent citations: AIR 1986 AP 330 Bench: P C Reddy, S A Khan JUDGMENT P. Chennakesav Reddy, Actg. C.J. 1. In these writ appeals a question of general interest and frequent occurrence is raised for decision. 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