9. A sugar factory cannot purchase sugarcane from any farmer at its own volition but it is bound to purchase sugarcane only from such farmers, who are within a reserved area declared by Cane Commissioner for the purpose of a particular sugar factory, or assigned to it. For the purpose of sale and purchase of sugarcane in reserved or assigned area, State Government is empowered to regulate it vide Section 16 of Sugarcane Supply and Purchase Act, 1953. In this regard, it has framed rules namely U.P.Sugarcane (Regulation of Supply & Purchase) Rules, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as "Sugarcane Supply and Purchase Rules, 1954"). The factory owner is required to specify cane purchase centres throughout reserved area/assigned area so that farmers may not be required to transport sugarcane for long distance and factory owner himself would purchase sugarcane at those purchase centres and thereafter transport to its factory for its use. At purchase centres, factory owner is also obliged to provide weighment facilities and adequate labour for loading and unloading cane at such purchase centres. This is evident from Rules 38, 38-A and 39 of Sugarcane Supply and Purchase Rules, 1954. The sugarcane purchased by factory owner at purchase centres therefore, become property of factory owner at such purchase centres and therefrom, it has to be transported by him upto the
