https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174945 A permissive statutory power may be read as mandatory where the scheme, object and connected rules show that it is coupled with a public duty; applying that principle, the State Government was bound to constitute the Advisory Committee. A supply direction framed by reference to balance stock could not be enforced against a sugar mill that had no surplus molasses after captive consumption, and the authorities could not compel supply in the absence of such stock. The appeal therefore succeeded to that extent, and the Committee was required to be constituted expeditiously. en-us Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174945 A permissive statutory power may be read as mandatory where the scheme, object and connected rules show that it is coupled with a public duty; applying that principle, the State Government was bound to constitute the Advisory Committee. A supply direction framed by reference to balance stock could not be enforced against a sugar mill that had no surplus molasses after captive consumption, and the authorities could not compel supply in the absence of such stock. The appeal therefore succeeded to that extent, and the Committee was required to be constituted expeditiously. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174945