📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Satdeep Gill
Agriculture
Farmers' body petitions court to halt Haryana rule on pre‑weighing paddy to mills
✍️ The Times of India
🗓 10 Oct 2026, 03:37 AM
👁 9
A farmers' organization in Haryana has approached the court seeking a stay on the state government's order that permits paddy to be taken to mills before it is weighed.
The Haryana government recently issued an order allowing paddy to be moved to rice mills before it undergoes official weighing. The move, intended to streamline processing, has drawn sharp criticism from a prominent farmers' body, which argues that bypassing the weighing step could expose growers to potential losses and undermine price transparency.
The farmers' organization filed a petition in the Haryana High Court, requesting an immediate stay on the order. In its filing, the body highlighted concerns that early transfer to mills may enable manipulation of grain weight records, affecting the remuneration that farmers receive for their produce.
Legal counsel for the association urged the court to consider the broader impact on the agricultural supply chain, emphasizing that accurate weighing is a cornerstone of fair market transactions. The petition seeks a temporary injunction until a detailed review of the order's implications can be conducted.
The state administration has not yet responded publicly to the petition. The matter is expected to be heard in the coming days, with stakeholders awaiting a judicial decision that could shape the handling of paddy across Haryana.
The farmers' organization filed a petition in the Haryana High Court, requesting an immediate stay on the order. In its filing, the body highlighted concerns that early transfer to mills may enable manipulation of grain weight records, affecting the remuneration that farmers receive for their produce.
Legal counsel for the association urged the court to consider the broader impact on the agricultural supply chain, emphasizing that accurate weighing is a cornerstone of fair market transactions. The petition seeks a temporary injunction until a detailed review of the order's implications can be conducted.
The state administration has not yet responded publicly to the petition. The matter is expected to be heard in the coming days, with stakeholders awaiting a judicial decision that could shape the handling of paddy across Haryana.