O.1 Short title, extent and commencement

       (1) This order may be called the Orissa Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Commodities Order, 1973.
        (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.
        (3) It shall come into force at once.

O.2 Definitions

       In this order unless the context otherwise requires-
       (a) "Dealer" means any person carrying on business of selling any essential commodity, and includes a producer, importer, 1[wholesaler] or retailer;
       (b) "Producer" means a person engaged in the production, manufacture or processing of any essential commodity in the State of Orissa but does not include a cultivator or landlord;
       (c) "Controller" means Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director and Assistant Directors of Food, Civil Supplies Officers, Assistant Civil Supplies Officers in the Supply Department, Government of Orissa within their respective jurisdictions and includes such other officers of the State Government as may be authorised by the State Government by notification, in the Official Gazette to perform all or any of the function

O.3 Display of list

       (1) Every retailer shall display prominently in the business premises, shops or show rooms, the stock position of each essential commodity in his possession by writing on a board the words "available" or "not available", as the case may be, against each such commodity and retail selling prices thereof each day and indicate on each unit of item of the said commodities, where possible the sale price by having the sale price either printed on the commodities or on the container or packet thereof or by means of rubber stamp or by sticking a label on such commodities.
        (2) Every dealer except a retailer shall display prominently in the business premises, shops or show rooms a list indicating the opening stock of such commodities in his possession and wholesale prices thereof each day and indicate on each unit of item of the said commodities where possible the sale price by having the sa

O.4 Prices to be published

Indigenous manufacturers of the essential commodities shall publish in local newspapers the wholesale prices as well as retail prices recommended by them and shall inform their sale agencies of such sale prices.

O.5 Powers of entry, search, seizure, etc.

       (1) The Controller, the Collector, any Magistrate or any Police Officer not below the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police or any other Officer of the Supply Department not below the rank of Inspector or any other officer specially authorised in writing by the State Government in that behalf may, with a view to securing compliance with this order or to satisfying himself that this order has been complied with such assistance, if any, as he thinks fit-
       (a) inspect or cause to be inspected any book or document or accounts as well as any stock of essential commodities belonging to, or under the control of, any person;
       (b) require any person to give any information in his possession with respect to any essential commodities;
       (c) stop and search forthwith, with such aid or assistance as may be

Sch. SCHEDULE

       SCHEDULE
       [See Clause 2 (a)]
        1[1. Pulses, whole or split, including gram and gram dal.]
        2[2. Mustard seed, Til seed, groundnut, Mustard oil, Til oil, Groundnut oil and Coconut oil.]
        3. Sugar not requisitioned by the Central Government under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Act 10 of 1955).
        4. Vanaspati that is hydrogenated vegetable oil used for cooking purposes.
        2[5. Cole and coke.]
        4[(6]. * * * ]
        (7) 5[* * *]
        6[(8) * * *]
        2[(9) Controlled cloth as defined in Textile