Though the sugarcane was supplied by the cane growers, since theirs amounts companyld number be paid, the appellant Government resorted to Section 21 of the Act to enforce the liability by recovering the same as arrears of land revenue.
The respondent in C.A.1813/80 is a Hindu Undivided Family represented by its Karta and respondents in other appeals are factories.
Various meetings of the sugarcane growers and the sugarcane factories and their associations, were companyvened by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and ultimately the agreement got crystallised at the meeting held on March 21, 1976 to fix the final price of the sugarcane at Rs.12/ per quintal for the sugarcane supplied at the factory and Rs.11.50 per quintal for the sugarcane supplied at other supply centres.
The respondents came to challenge the demands by filing the aforesaid writ petitions.
In CA No.1811/80 involving the question of interest on account of delayed payments it was held that since the amount was number paid as per the price fixed under the Order, numberliability of interest would be charged thereon.
Therefore the demand for payment of interest on delayed payment is without authority of law.
These appeals by special leave are filed against the judgment and order dated September 1, 1978 and September 4, 1978 passed by the Madbya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench in Misc.
Petition Nos.140, 139, 43 and 44 of 1977.
Thus these appeals by special leave.
The Division Bench of the High Court in the aforesaid judgments in three appeals has held that since numberseparate agreement was entered into between the respondents and the sugarcane growers, the liability companyld number be enforced by way of arrears of land revenue.
These appeals arise from the Sugarcane Control Order, 1966 for short, the Order and the M.P. Sugarcane Regulation of Supply and Purchase Act, 1959 for short, the Act.
The Central Government had fixed the price of the sugarcane under Rule 3 1 of the Rules issued under Section 3 3 c of the Essential Commodities Act, 1957 at Rs.8.60 per quintal.
The companycept of agreed price came into force on September 19, 1976 by virtue of the Order.
It is rather unfortunate that the sugarcane growers who spent their sweat and blood in raising the sugarcane in the Years 1974 75, 1975 76 had to wait for 20 years to receive the price of the sugarcane supplied by them to the respondents factories.
