Judgment:
Civil Writ Petition No.13094 of 2014 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13094 of 2014 Date of decision : 10.07.2014 M/s Shree Guru Teg Bahadur Rice & General Mills, Ferozepur ......Petitioner versus Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation LTD.& another ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE Ms.JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr.Parvez Chugh, Advocate, for the petitioner.
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The petitioner is seeking a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to settle the matter/dispute with regard to the crop year 1994-95, which is pending between the petitioner-firm and the respondents.
Consequent upon a dispute between the parties, the matter was referred to the Arbitrator, who passed an Award dated 01.10.2004 (Annexure P- 1) in favour of the respondents for an amount of `4,19,938/- with simple interest at the rate of 15% per annum.
The said Award was challenged by the petitioner by filing a petition before the District Judge, Ferozepur, which was dismissed on 25.07.2009.
Thereafter, he filed FAO No.6697 of 2010 before this Court, which was also dismissed.
The matter is still pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Now, the petitioner is ready to deposit twice the amount Prasher Ajayawarded by the Arbitrator i.e.twice of `4,19,938/-.
In this regard, he has made 2014.07.14 18:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document High Court Chandigarh Civil Writ Petition No.13094 of 2014 2 a representation dated 29.04.2014 (Annexure P-3) to the Managing Director, Markfed, but no action has been taken thereon till date.
At this stage, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of by giving a direction to respondent No.2 to look into the representation dated 29.04.2014 (Annexure P-3) and take appropriate action, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.
(RITU BAHRI) 10.07.2014 JUDGE ajp Prasher Ajay 2014.07.14 18:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document High Court Chandigarh