The Supreme Court will hear on September 2 the Punjab Government’s plea seeking an urgent release of over Rs 1,000 crore from the Centre on account of alleged dues of market fee and rural development fee (RDF).
Punjab Government counsel Shadan Farasat told a Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday that he was assured that the matter would be listed on September 2 but the top court’s website did not show it listed on that day. “We will see… It will be taken up,” the CJI said.
The CJI-led Bench, which could not take up the matter on August 12 due to paucity of time, had posted it for hearing on September 2 following a joint request made by Attorney General R Venkataramani and Punjab Advocate General Gurminder Singh.
The Punjab Government had last year filed a suit before the Supreme Court against the Centre over the non-reimbursement of statutory fee allegedly running into thousands of crores of rupees that the state government had levied on behalf of the Central Government during the procurement of foodgrains.