Act, 2021 [‘the ACP Act’, for short], came to be passed by the Assam Legislative Assembly after receipt of assent of the Governor on 09.09.2021. The ACP Act came to be notified by a notification dated 15.09.2021 and the ACP Act was thereafter, published in the Official Gazette, in its issue dated 16.09.2021. After enactment of the ACP Act, according to the petitioner, it came into force immediately thereafter. It has been projected by the petitioner that after the ACP Act came into force, some restrictions came into place with regard to trading of cattle. Trade in cattle is one of the main sources of generating revenue in the Market. The petitioner has sought to project that a substantial part of the revenue in the Market used to come from the trading in cattle. Apart from the restrictions imposed in the trading of cattle, the Market had to be operated for limited hours due to continuance of Covid-19 pandemic and then prevailing Covid-19 protocols, issued from the State Government and the Central Government from time to time and those factors have further adversely aggravated the situation in collection of revenue from the Market. Highlighting the above grievances, the petitioner had preferred representation before the Chief Executive Officer, Sonitpur Zilla Parisad on 20.05.2022.
