Payment of price of sugarcane

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, require the occupier of a factory to make payment of price of sugarcane purchased by him or his agent within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed. The price of sugarcane shall be paid within fifteen days from the date of its supply. Failing such payment the occupier shall be liable to pay interest on the price at the rate and in the manner as may be prescribed. (2) If a dispute arises as to the amount of price payable, the factory shall deposit the amount claimed by the sugarcane grower in the form prescribed, in the office of the prescribed authority within the period prescribed, and shall inform the sugarcane grower and the prescribed authority in writing. The prescribed authority shall, after holding such enquiry as he deems fit, decide the dispute within the period prescribed from the date of such deposit. (3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the prescribed authority under sub-section (2) may file an appeal before the Collector within thirty days of the decision. The Collector shall, after hearing the parties and holding as much enquiry as he considers necessary, pass such order as he deems fit. (4) The order passed by the Collector under sub-section (3) or the decision of the prescribed authority under sub-section (1) or (2), as the case may be, shall be final.