Mohd. Salim v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 32 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 38173 of 2023 Petitioner :- Mohd. Salim Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J. Hon'ble Surendra Singh-I,J. The grievance of the petitioner in the present petition is regarding payment of sugarcane price along with admissible interest as per Section 17 (3) of U.P. Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply and Purchase) Act, 1953. It has been stated that the petitioner is not being paid the price of sugarcane supplied by him to the factory of respondent no. 5. The dispute raised by the petitioner in the present petition can be decided by the Cane Development Department, Government of U.P., Lucknow and Cane and Sugar Commissioner, Sugar Industry, i.e., the respondent nos. 1 and 2, who is the appropriate authority in the present case. In view of the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of with the liberty to the petitioner to file a representation before the Cane and Sugar Commissioner, Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department, Government of U.P., Lucknow, ventilating his grievances and bringing all necessary facts to the notice of the Cane and Sugar Commissioner, who shall decide the said representation within three months from the date of filing the same and shall take appropriate action in accordance with law including payment of cane price to the petitioner for the sugarcane supplied to respondent no. 5 within one month from the date of the decision by the Cane and Sugar Commissioner on the representation of the petitioner. With the aforesaid directions, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 6.11.2023 Anurag/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad