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During the course of hearing today learned counsel representing respondent No.7 has forwarded by way of email a communication dated 14.12.2020 from the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Department of Food & Public Distribution and addressed to the Principal Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, State of Punjab whereby approval stands granted for balance quantity of 806265 bags of MARKFED pertaining to KMS 2016-17 as verified by the Food Corporation of India in terms of the earlier policy of gunny depreciation for procurement of paddy during KMS 2017-18.
Copy of such communication was also furnished to counsel for the petitioners.
Mr.Sunish Bindlish, learned counsel representing Food Corporation of India makes a statement that in the light of the approval granted and reflected in the communication dated 14.12.2020 referred to hereinabove, the requisite payment would now be released to the concerned State Procurement Agency i.e. MARKFED positively within a period of 10 days from today.
Mr. Amandeep Singh, learned counsel representing MARKFED furnishes an assurance that as soon as the payment is received from Food Corporation of India, the same would be disbursed to the petitioner-mills without any further delay.