https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102659 Statutory price fixation for essential commodities is reviewed only to ensure the authority considered relevant factors and ignored irrelevant ones; the court will not reprice the commodity as an economic matter. Applying that standard, the levy price under the khandsari sugar levy order was upheld because consumer-oriented policy, fair distribution, and the need for a reasonable return to producers were all taken into account, and the challenge under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) failed. Disposal of inferior levy sugar by public auction was also sustained because it was adopted after ordinary channels did not secure buyers and was justified by administrative necessity, not colourable exercise of power. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102659 Statutory price fixation for essential commodities is reviewed only to ensure the authority considered relevant factors and ignored irrelevant ones; the court will not reprice the commodity as an economic matter. Applying that standard, the levy price under the khandsari sugar levy order was upheld because consumer-oriented policy, fair distribution, and the need for a reasonable return to producers were all taken into account, and the challenge under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) failed. Disposal of inferior levy sugar by public auction was also sustained because it was adopted after ordinary channels did not secure buyers and was justified by administrative necessity, not colourable exercise of power. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Mon, 26 Oct 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=102659