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17.Maintenance of records
The registering authority may, by general or special order, direct any person engaged in the manufacture or processing or other business of milk or any milk product to maintain such records of his business in such manner and to submit to him such returns relating to the business as have been or may be specified under the provisions of this Order.
18. Appeal to Controller
- Any person aggrieved by any order of a registering authority or any other officer authorised by it, may, within thirty days of the order, prefer an appeal to the Controller who shall, after giving the person a reasonable opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon, as he may deem proper:
Provided that the Controller may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing an appeal within time. - Every appeal under sub-paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a fee of Rupees five hundred only or as may be revised from time to time by the Central Government.
19. Powers of Central Government to issue directions
- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, the Central Government shall have power to issue any direction to the Board or to the Controller or to any registering authority, in respect of any of the matters dealt with in this Order or on any matter relevant thereto, and such direction shall prevail over any other order or direction validly made earlier.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, the Central Government shall have power to issue any direction in respect of any of the matters dealt with in this Order including any direction relating to any restraint or restriction or free inter-State movement of milk or milk product.
20. Temporary restriction on production of milk product
- The Controller may, if he is satisfied that it is necessary so to do to maintain or increase the supply of liquid milk in any region, direct, by Order published in the Official Gazette, that for the period mentioned in the said Order, the distribution of liquid milk or the production of any milk product by any class or category of producers or manufacturers thereof shall be restricted in such manner as may be specified in the Order, provided that no such Order shall remain in force for a period of more than ninety days at a time.
- In making the restriction referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the Controller shall have regard to the following factors, namely
- the availability of liquid milk in the region,
- the demand for liquid milk by the general public in the region,
- the availability of skimmed milk powder and white butter for reconstitution into liquid milk by dairy plants,
- the inter se importance of liquid milk and the concerned milk product proposed to be restricted, and
- any other factor relevant for maintaining the liquid milk supply.
21. Levy on skimmed milk powder and milk fat
- Where the Controller is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of ensuring liquid milk supply to the general public of any region, he may, by order, direct any class or category of producers or manufacturers of skimmed milk powder or milk fat in that region to make available such percentage of their total production of all or any of these commodities as he may deem appropriate, to any authority designated by him for the purpose.
- Every producer and manufacturer referred to in sub-paragraph (1) from whom commodity mentioned therein is made available in pursuance of the direction of the Controller shall be paid the value of the same as may be determined by the Controller.
22. Appeal to the Central Government
- An appeal against any order or direction issued by the Controller under this Order, shall lie, within thirty days of the issuance of this Order, to the Central Government, and the Central Government shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such order thereon as it may deem proper:
Provided that the Central Government may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the specified period if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the specified time limit. - Every appeal under sub-paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a fee of Rupees one thousand only or as may be revised from time to time by the Central Government.
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