PONDA: Goa Dairy, in order to prevent the entry of SUMUL in Goa, filed a writ petition in High Court of Bombay at Goa, yesterday.
In 1983 a tripartite agreement was signed between Agricultural Departments of the Union government, Goa government and Goa Dairy, restricting any other dairy establishment setting up business in Goa. The Goa Dairy has filed the petition based on the tripartite agreement.
An extra-ordinary annual general body meeting of the Goa Dairy held on February 10, 2016 had resolved to move a proper court to oppose the entry of SUMUL in Goa.
Goa Dairy sources said they would oppose SUMUL on the ground of a tripartite agreement signed.
The Goa Dairy was declared a cooperative in 1983 by applying a three-tier Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) pattern that consists of village level cooperative societies, district cooperative societies and state / national cooperative societies.
A tripartite agreement was signed between then Indian Dairy Corporation (now National Dairy Development Board, NDDB), Union Government and Goa Government and the agreement had made it mandatory to all milk producing farmers in Goa to sell the milk produced by them only to Goa Dairy through the village dairy.
