LAWS(MAD)-2012-10-90

K. POOMALAI Vs. DIRECTOR OF SUGAR

Decided On October 19, 2012
K. POOMALAI Appellant
V/S
DIRECTOR OF SUGAR Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) EXCEPT the petitioner in W.P. No.25230 of 2012, the petitioners in the rest of the writ petitions are shareholders of Kallakurichi-II Cooperative Sugar Mill, a cooperative society registered under the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act. The petitioner in W.P. No.25230 of 2012 is one Integrated Service Point Pvt. Ltd. and it is the fifth respondent in W.P. Nos.25116, 25212 and 25250 of 2012 and it is a Company engaged in the business of trading in various agricultural commodities, including molasses, with various foreign countries and it is recognised by the Government of India as an export-house.

(2.) 16 cooperative and public sector sugar mills in Tamil Nadu are concerned in these writ petitions. These mills are under the control of the Director of Sugar, the first respondent in all the writ petitions and the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Sugar Federation Limited ("the Federation" for short), the second respondent in all the writ petitions.

(3.) FOR the sake of clarity, the petitioners in all the writ petitions, except the petitioner in W.P. No.25230 of 2012, are called "the petitioners"