Final Order in connection with the Hearing held before the Jute Commissioner on 06.06.2023 against M/s Northbrook Jute Company Limited

5235 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3465] NEW DEL HI, MON DAY , AUGUST 1 4, 2023/ SHRAVANA 23, 1945 CG-WB-E-16082023-248096 1 1089 14161181 2 1096 14116193 01218307 3 1098 14161196 012108308 4 1133 14161160 012108305 MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (Office of the Jute Commissioner ) ORDER Kolkata, the 27 th July, 2023 S.O. 3624(E). —Hearing held on: - 6th June , 2023 Department Represented by :- Sri Neeraj Kulhari - Deputy Jute Commissioner Sri Soumyadipta Datta – Assistant Director ( JM) Sri Sounak Chatterjee - Law Offic er Alleged Mill Company Represented by :- Sri L K Sablawat, General Manager (Commercial) of M/s Northbrook Jute Company Limited (Unit – Northbrook Jute Mills). Precise allegation : - On inspection by department in terms of the extant provisions of the Jute & Jute Textiles Control Order, 2016; (approx.) 1075 accepted and passed B -Twill bales meant for supply to Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. were found to be stocked in the go-down premises of the alleged jute mill. Out of these 1075 bales, few bales were physically visible and accessible to the visiting personnel in the said go -down premises; out of which the inspection team located four disputed bales from these accessible bales which were inspected by the nominated inspection agency on 26.11.2O22 for supply to the State Procurement Agency Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. under PCSO No. OROSKO41122NBJ23313 dated 04.11.2022. Accordingly, these disputed bales bearing Serial No(s). 1089, 1096, 1098 & 1133 were opened in presence of representative from the nominated inspection agency appointed by the Jute Commissioner (i.e. SGS), and representatives of the said jute mill company. The following observations were made after opening these disputed bales - Sl. No. Bale no SGS Seal & Sticker No. Observations Remarks 1 1089 14161181 012108314 All the bags were found with illegible branding and most of the bags were Defective and joined Bags. Seal was found tampered 2 1096 1416193 01218307 - 3 1098 14161196 012108308 - 4 1133 14161160 012108305 - Final Order: On the given date, exhaustive hearing has been held and no further repetition is required, the allegation in precise as set out above has been admitted by th e alleged jute mill company, the said admission is reflected through letter dated 13th December, 2022 issued by alleged Mill Company as well as through submissions of the alleged mill company representative on the given date of hearing. Hearing all sides at length; it is ordered PCSO allotment to the alleged mill will be reduced to 50% of their total capacity for the coming 6 months commencing from 1st August, 2023. This order is in terms with Jute & Jute Textiles Control Order 2016. Liberty is given to th e alleged mill company for preferring appeal to the appellate authority, in terms with the Control Order, 2016, within prescribed limitation period. Let copy of this order be circulated to the concerned parties’ forthwith. [F. No. Jute(T) -6/1/178/GN(1)/201 9-I(E)] MOLOY CHANDAN CHAKRABORTTY , Jute Commissioner Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.