https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190061 Delegated powers under the Essential Commodities Act must be exercised strictly within the limits and conditions imposed by the Central Government's delegation. Restrictions on interstate transport and export of groundnut seeds and oil required prior Central concurrence, while the relevant licensing and distribution order did not authorise compulsory levy, fixed-price supply to the State, or restrictions on interstate movement. A general directions clause could operate only within matters governed by that order and could not expand delegated authority. Directions imposing these restrictions, levies and undertakings therefore lacked legal sanction, were ultra vires and void, and could not be sustained through executive action. en-us Wed, 18 Jan 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:45:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190061 Delegated powers under the Essential Commodities Act must be exercised strictly within the limits and conditions imposed by the Central Government's delegation. Restrictions on interstate transport and export of groundnut seeds and oil required prior Central concurrence, while the relevant licensing and distribution order did not authorise compulsory levy, fixed-price supply to the State, or restrictions on interstate movement. A general directions clause could operate only within matters governed by that order and could not expand delegated authority. Directions imposing these restrictions, levies and undertakings therefore lacked legal sanction, were ultra vires and void, and could not be sustained through executive action. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Jan 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190061