Market committee office built in the grain market.
Market committee office built in the grain market.
Narnaul: Market traders are not showing any interest in availing the benefits of the dispute resolution system run by the state government under the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board even as its final date draws near. In order to take advantage of the benefits of this program, the Marketing Director has set December 31st as the last date. Under the dispute settlement system, property owners in vegetable and grain markets operating under the market committees can avail the benefits of this system by depositing the outstanding installments of their properties. As part of the program, panel interest is completely eliminated and a 40 percent discount on interest is granted.
Notably, a grain market has been set up in Narnaul town near Railway Road Boys College while another new market for grains, vegetables and animal feed has been set up near Jal Mahal on Nangal Chaudhary Road. This grain market covers an area of about 65 hectares and in 2015 offers shops selling grains, vegetables and fruits. Bids were then submitted for around 85 shops in the grain market. A store 20 x 50 times the size was bid and the reserve price at that time was Rs 42.90 lakh. At that time, traders of Narnaul grain market had participated in this tender and almost all the shops were bidding, but later a dispute arose between the market committee and the traders over their prices.
Despite placing the bid, many dealers did not deposit the full and final fees, and later the dealers refrained from depositing the bid amount citing that the deals’ prices were high. The matter was referred to the CM’s court by government ministers but no solution could be found. In addition, the traders also approached the Supreme Court over the tariffs, but since then the dispute has not been resolved and the dispute over the tariffs has continued to intensify. Since the full and final payment was not made, the market committee’s interest in the traders started increasing, which has now increased to around Rs 90-92 lakh on the value of a shop. Although there were some shopkeepers who deposited the offered amount with the market committee, took possession of their land and set up shop there, most of the traders still did not deposit this money. However, as the disputes later began to settle, some traders joined the plan and took over the businesses by depositing the money.
There are still disputes over around 62 businesses
Of the above 85 stores in the grain market, there are still disputes over 62 stores. The traders are not paying the bid money and interest of these deals and are still protesting the said rate as they feel it is too high. The matter sometimes went to the minister, sometimes to the CM and other senior officials and also went to the Supreme Court but no final agreement has been reached so far.
The Market Committee has issued a notice
On December 13, notices were served on the said market committee members to deposit the outstanding amounts of these transactions in the committee but no solution has been found yet. The traders have collectively responded to the said notice by issuing a memorandum to the Secretary Market Committee. The reply stated that this case is pending before the Honorable Punjab and Haryana Court, Chandigarh and no notices should be made for mandi plots until the decision of the High Court. He has also demanded that the state government should pay zero percent interest on the outstanding amount of these mandi plots or the plot holders of our association should be included in this scheme under the Haryana Marketing Board’s 2021 scheme so that the business can die class get relief. To get relief and make a living. Those who responded to the notice included association president Lala Brij Bhushan Garg, vice president Rajeev Chapdawala, joint secretary Anil Chaudhary, former secretaries Ramesh Kantiwala and Mahesh Daukhera Wala etc.
That’s what officials say
Market Board Secretary Vijay Singh said a dispute resolution system is currently underway. This regulation applies until December 31st. The market traders have been informed about this but show no interest in it. If you want to take advantage of the program’s advantages, the panel interest will be waived completely and a discount of 40 percent will be granted on the interest.
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