Chennai Court June 1973 Judgments

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Ltd., Represented by the Secretary Vs. C ...

Court: Chennai

Reported in: (1974)1MLJ282

G. Ramanujam, J.1. The Writ Appeal is directed against the judgment of Ramaprasada Rao, J., in W.P. No. 1574 of 1970(P). The appellant is Swadeshi Cotton Mills Co., Ltd., Mudaliarpet, Commune, Pondicherry, hereinafter called the Mills. It is a public limited company which took over the quondam Savana Mills in the year 1956. For the purpose of its business the Mills obtains most of its raw materials and other stores from outside the Pondicherry State. It purchases cotton from various States in the country and also imports the same from abroad. In addition it also purchases various materials like colour chemicals, sizing and packing materials, kerosene oil lubricants, spare parts, stationery, building materials and fuel etc. from places outside the Pondicherry State. Mudaliarpet Commune, in which the Mills are situate is not served by Railway and even the road transport could only be through the town of Pondicharry. The goods purchased by the Mills from outside Pondicherry State have, 't...