Akash Verma v. the Appellate Authority the Punjab State Civil Supplies Corp Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
weight gain/loss of stored foodgrains; storage loss/gain norms; ICAR-CIPHET formula; CAP storage of wheat; Rabi marketing season 2023-2024; prospective vs retrospective application; policy dated 22.10.2021; letter dated 30.05.2022; Government of India Ministry of Consumers Affairs Food and Public Distribution; Food Corporation of India objections; charge sheets; recoveries; punishment modification; representation deadline 30.06.2025; no coercive action; speaking order; PUNSUP; PUNGRAIN; MARKFED; PSWC; HSWC; Punjab Agro Industries Corp.; Punjab State Warehousing Corporation; CWP-11967-2009; Punjab and Haryana High Court; CWP-27725-2013.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of in above terms: the policy/SOP dated 22.10.2021 and letter dated 30.05.2022 to govern all pending disputes (including pending charge sheets/punishments not attaining finality and writ petitions before the Court) on weight gain/loss of stored foodgrains; affected employees may file representations up to 30.06.2025; agencies to pass speaking orders and, if objections are meritorious, withdraw disciplinary proceedings or suitably modify punishment orders; FCI's objections likewise to be tested against the policy, with liberty to pursue remedies and to claim rejected deductions; no coercive action against employees raising such objections until decision; direct challenge to the policies treated as not pressed with liberty; pending civil miscellaneous applications also disposed of.