DEPOT HOLDERS’ PLEA: PUNJAB, CENTRE GET HC NOTICE

WHEAT ALLOCATION

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday sought response from Punjab government and Centre on a plea from state depot holders, who have alleged a cut of 10% in wheat allocation to them for the distribution to beneficiaries by the state government.

The HC bench of justice Vinod S Bhardwaj sought response by March 16 on the plea from NFSA Depot Holders Welfare Association. The state government has lifted the entire quantity from Centre but kept a portion without any authority and imposed a cut of 10 percent on the allocation of wheat to them, the plea said.

The plea seeks quashing of November 7 memo from the state government as per which it decided to allocate 2.12 lakh metric tonnes wheat under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to depot holders instead of 2.36 lakh metric tonnes, which they claimed has been allotted or delivered to the state for distribution among beneficiaries by the Centre.