PIL plea seeks interest for belated payment of Fair and Remunerative Price for crushed sugarcane
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ordered notice to authorities on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a direction to authorities to pay interest amount for belated payment of Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for crushed sugarcane.
A Division Bench of Justices S. S. Sundar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy sought response from the authorities on the petition filed by Swamimalai Sundara Vimal Nathan of Thanjavur district. He sought the pay from 2017-2018 to 2022-2023 payable by sugar mills including cooperative sector, public sector and private sector operating at Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchi, Sivaganga and Madurai districts as provided under Clause 3-A of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966.
