Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision barring the federal government to take action on the recommendations of the sugar commission report.
The Centre has told the apex court that the SHC gave relief to the sugar mills association without listening to the government. The federal government added in the petition that a stay order cannot be issued without listening to the other party involved in the case, and appealed to the court to declare the order as null and void.
The petition also states that Islamabad High Court has declared that the commission report does not affect the rights of the sugar mills association. It added that the SHC has also excluded IHC’s order.
The federal government has told the court that the Centre’s stance is that it should be allowed to take action over the sugar inquiry commission report.
On Tuesday, the SHC suspended the operation on the Sugar Inquiry Commission report to the extent of as many as 20 sugar mills owners in Sindh.
The interim order came on the petition of Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills and others, which sought quashing of the Sugar Commission Inquiry report. The petitioners’ counsel submitted that the commission was not properly constituted in accordance with the relevant legislation.
