Section 94D(1) in The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Rules, 1967
(1)The Market Committee shall be competent to make arrangements and to take steps to prevent purchases of agricultural produce in the market area below the support price fixed by the Government. For this purpose the officers and employees of the Market Committee shall keep a watch on. the sales of agricultural produce in respect of which Government has declared support price. The officer or the employee who notices that the agricultural produce has been sold or is being sold at a price lower than the support price, shall forthwith bring the fact to the notice of the Secretary. The Secretary shall immediately make enquiries and take such preventive steps as he deems fit and inform the Chairman.