150/ per quintal.
124.59 per quintal for D Grade sugar.
124.59 and Rs.
Subsequently on 29.8.72, the stay order was made absolute.
The Levy Sugar Control Order, 1972 was issued under which the sugar manufacturers were required to sell sugar to the Union Government, State Government or their numberinees at the companytrolled price of Rs.
197 hereinafter referred to as the Act .
After the Act came into force, Union of India filed separate applications for issuing direction by the High Court to the writ petitioners whose writ petitions were dismissed by the High Court to pay the difference of price between Rs.
The High Court further directed that the appellants shall credit to the fund interest at the rate of 12 1/2 per annum on the excess realisation made by them.
It is against this order the appellants came to this Court by means of special leave petitions.
124.59 and the price released by them in respect of levy sugar sold by them between 31.7.72 to 12.3.73.
Consequently the writ petition the Parliament passed an Act known as Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act.
In the writ petition there was a prayer for interim relief also.
Interim prayer as companytained in the writ petition reads as follows That pending the hearing of the petition your Lordships will be pleased to issue an interim injunction restraining the respondents their servants and agents and or their successors in office as the impugned orders requiring the petitioner to supply sugar to the State Government or Union Government or to their numberinees at a price of Rs.
On 15th June, 1972 the respondent issued an order known as Sugar Price Determination Order and on the same day.
Some time in March, 1973 the writ petition came up for hearing and on that day the companynsel for the appellant stated before the Court that by inpse of time the writ petition was rendered infructuous.
This Court granted special leave in all the appeals limited to the question as regards the liability of the appellants to pay interest on the amounts which they were called upon to refund the excess relisation meaning thereby that leave was refused to the extent the appellants were required to refund the excess realisation made by them.
The appellants challenged the aforesaid Sugar Price Determination Order and Levy Control Order by means of separate petitions before the Gujarat High Court.
The High Court by an order dated 31.7.72 admitted the writ petition and granted interim order as prayed for in the writ petition.
150/ per quintal released by them on account of interim order granted by the High Court along with interest.
One of the objects of the act was to make provisions for refund of excess realisation made by the sugar factories on the basis of interim orders issued by the companyrts.
N.Khare, J. The appellants in these appeals are Co operative Sugar Factories engaged in the business of manufacture of sugar in the State of Gujarat.
