Haryana Minister of State for Food and Supplies, Karan Dev Kamboj on Tuesday said that criminal case would be lodged against such mill owners who do not deposit hundred per cent payments for the Custom Milled Rice (CMR) by June 30.
The district food and supplies officer concerned will also be proceeded against, said Kamboj.
He said that this decision had been taken after assessing the recovery of CMR from the rice millers. The defaulter firms would be blacklisted and would not be allowed to buy paddy in future.
The state has so far recovered payment for 99 per cent of CMR which is required to be increased to hundred per cent. During 2017-18 out of the total CMR was 18,53,083 metric tonnes (MT), payment for 18,28,291 metric tonnes has been deposited by the rice mill owners with the State Government, said the Minister.
The pending payment for CMR yet to be recovered includes 11,376 MT from Karnal, 6,190 MT from Kurukshetra, 3,696 MT from Kaithal, 2,105 MT from Yamunanagar, and 1,426 MT from Ambala. Thus, district food and supplies officers and the millers are expected to deposit the payment by June 30, Kamboj added.