IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 1206 of 2008. (Old CMWP No. 15532 of 1991) U.P.State Sugar Corporation Ltd. Unit Doiwala, District Dehradun, through its General Manager. … Petitioner. Vs. Collector Dehradun and others. …Respondents. Mr. V.K.Kohli, Senior Advocate with Mr. I.P.Kohli, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. P.C.Bisht, Brief Holder, learned counsel for the respondents 1, 2&4-State of Uttarakhand. Date December 08, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought the following relief:- (A) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the recovery certificate dated 9.5.1991 (Annexure- 1) to the writ petition. (B) To issue any writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus staying the operation of the recovery certificate dated 9.5.1991 (Annexure-1) to the writ petition. (C) To issue any other writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the present case. (D) To award the cost of the petition to the petitioner. It appears from a perusal of the record that the respondent no. 1 has issued a recovery certificate on the recommendation of the Cane Commissioner-respondent no. 2 thereby directing the petitioner to pay Rs. 503181.15 P. on account of purchase tax and penalty for the season 1983-84 and Rs. 50,320.15 P. as 10% recovery charges, which gave rise to the present writ petition. 2 Respondent No. 3-Sri Janki Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. Doiwala is a formal party to the writ petition. Since the petitioner is an instrumentality of the State and the recovery proceedings have been initiated by the State, therefore, this Court is of the view that a High Power Committee be constituted to resolve the controversy involved in the present writ petition. Accordingly, a high power committee to be presided over by the Secretary, Sugar Cane, Government of Uttarakhand, Dehradun is constituted as under:- 1. Secretary, Sugar Cane, State of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Chairman/President. 2. Cane Commissioner, State of Uttarakhand- Member. 3. Commissioner, Garhwal Division, Camp Dehradun- Member. The High Power Committee shall take a decision in the matter preferably within a period of four months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of finally. Till the decision is taken by the Committee, no recovery pursuant to the impugned recovery certificate shall be made from the petitioner. (B.S.Verma,J.) RCP