https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763436 A claim for non-delivery of custom milled rice under a State procurement scheme was treated as a public demand recoverable under the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914, because the real nature of the transaction and the jurisdictional facts brought it within the statutory definition. The Court read the inclusive definition of "public demand" with Schedule I, including the provisions extending recovery to specified dues payable to the State or its instrumentalities. The Civil Supplies Corporation's role as the nodal agency for procurement supported maintainability of certificate proceedings. The absence of an express contractual clause authorising recovery under the Act was not decisive once the statutory basis for recovery was otherwise satisfied. en-us Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763436 A claim for non-delivery of custom milled rice under a State procurement scheme was treated as a public demand recoverable under the Bihar and Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914, because the real nature of the transaction and the jurisdictional facts brought it within the statutory definition. The Court read the inclusive definition of "public demand" with Schedule I, including the provisions extending recovery to specified dues payable to the State or its instrumentalities. The Civil Supplies Corporation's role as the nodal agency for procurement supported maintainability of certificate proceedings. The absence of an express contractual clause authorising recovery under the Act was not decisive once the statutory basis for recovery was otherwise satisfied. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=763436