2766/2021 Suit MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED & OTHERS (Plaintiff) V/S PROVINCE OF SINDH & OTHERS (Defendant)
Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author)
2766/2021 Suit MIRPURKHAS SUGAR MILLS LIMITED & OTHERS (Plaintiff) V/S PROVINCE OF SINDH & OTHERS (Defendant) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author) Order Date: 21-MAR-22
This would be an extraneous issue if sugarcane price in the province of the Punjab is compared with the minimum price in Sindh as the factors involved in fixation of minimum price in the Punjab are not available before this court. Although this is not the core issue arising out of the litigation as here I have to see whether provision of Section 16 of the Act, 1950 have been complied substantially, however, the factors that rendered difference of prices between the two provinces are that harvesting season of two provinces is different; Fertility of the Punjab soil that normally yields more per acre than in Sindh; irrigation water; subsidy on fertilizer and higher level sucrose. These are only tentative assessment since Mr. Pirzada has, in terms of the minimum price of the sugarcane historically, has questioned its fixation to have been always more than Punjab sugarcane price whereas it is always been less in the province of Sindh