There are seventy two Khandasari Units in Haryana, out of which fifty four are located within areas reserved for sugar mills under the Sugarcane Control Order The units of the appellants are among these fifty four.
On an appeal preferred by the State of Haryana and the Cane Commissioner under the Letters Patent, a Division Bench of the Hight Court reversed the judgment of the learned single Judge and dismissed the writ petition.
Sub clause 3 c of Clause 3 of the Haryana Khandasari Manufacturers Licensing Order was quoted in support of the orders.
When they applied for renewal of their licenses, their applications were rejected by the Cane Commissioner on the ground there was acute shortage of cane in the assigned area of the sugar mills.
A learned single Judge of the High Court allowed the writ petitions and directed the renewal of the licences of the appellants.
These orders were questioned by the appellants before the High Court of Punjab Haryana under Article 226 of the Constitution.
This appeal his been filed by the aggrieved owners of Khandasari Units, who claim that their applications for renewal had been improperly rejected.
All the appellants units were previously licensed under the Haryana Khandasari Sugar Manufacturers Licensing Order.
The fifteen appellants are owners of Khandasari Units in the State of Haryana.
