RAVI CHEEMALAPATI
Satyanarayana Rice Mill – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
ORDER :
RAVI CHEEMALAPATI, J.
1. The Writ Petition Nos.22933, 22488, 22921 and 23393 of 2022 are filed to quash the proceedings No.30/WP No.7854 of 2022-MLC, dated 13.06.2022, 16.06.2022 and 18.06.2022 and consequently direct the respondents not to claim any refund of amounts under the labour charges borne by the petitioners in respect of supply of rice to the respondents from the period 2009-2010 to 2013-14.
2. The Writ Petition Nos. 33766 of 2022, 33771 of 2022, 32990 of 2022, 33776 of 2022 and W.P.No.36980 of 2022 are filed to quash the orders passed by the Divisional Manager, Food Corporation of India, in File No.12(1)/incidentals/2021-22 dated 19.09.2022 demanding payment of alleged excess payment of Mandi Labour Charges to the petitioners during the period KMS 2009-10 to KMS 2013-14.
3. Writ Petition No.5510 of 2020, W.P.Nos.9048 & 23400 of 2021 and W.P.No.6065 of 2022 are filed to quash the proceedings of the General manager, Food Corporation of India, in letter No.Accts/19(60)/ 2019, dated 26.12.2019 and consequential proceedings of the Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited together with notices issued by the District Manag
CAG. In Arun Kumar Agarwal vs. Union of India and others reported in (2013) 7 SCC 1
Recovery of excess payments for Mandi Labour Charges requires concrete evidence; assumptions and conjectures are insufficient for legal demands.
(1) Public demand – Term ‘public demand’ is of wide amplitude and encompasses all arrears or dues.(2) Jurisdictional facts consist of a sequence of events or a bundle of circumstances – Relevant circ....
The court affirmed the validity of the exemption notification permitting contract labour in the FCI, highlighting adherence to previous judicial rulings as a matter of legal discipline.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the obligation of the State and FCI to directly procure paddy from farmers at the MSP to prevent distress sales and eliminate middlemen.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the decision of the Central Government to insist on the supply of fortified rice by rice millers was within the purview of the Custom Milling ....
The exemption under the Contract Labour Act is valid, allowing the Food Corporation to engage contract labour and transfer DPS workers, affirming the authority of the employer in service matters.
The principal employer is liable for unpaid wages to contract labourers as per contract law and labour statutes, reinforcing protections against forced labor under constitutional provisions.
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