The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the Assistant Cane Commissioner (ACC) to submit report regarding action taken against the sugar mills owners who failed to start crushing in light of the court's orders.
The court was hearing a petition moved by Ameer Jamaat-i-Islami Punjab Mian Maqsood Ahmad against closure of crushing during the crushing season in the province and loss of millions of rupees to the farmers.
Previously, Punjab Cane Commissioner Sana Ullah had told the court that mills owners had been issued show cause notices. Mian Maqsood had submitted that the government had stopped crushing during the crushing season. He said sugar mills start crushing every year in October but unfortunately these mills have not been functioning for the last two years. The petitioner stated that the closure of crushing had been causing great loss to the farmers. He asked the court to direct the government to restore crushing in the larger interest of public.