Petition sought to frame guidelines for IMFL supply to TASMAC

Madras High Court today issued notice to Chairman of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation, returnable by two weeks, on a petition by a company, seeking a direction to frame guidelines for placing supply orders and indent with Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) manufacturers.
Justice R Subbaiah before whom the petition came up also directed the Secretary, Home Prohibition and Excise department, to reply within two weeks.
In its petition, Golden Vats Private Limited said it manufactures and sells Indian Made Foreign Liquor from their factory in Karnavur village in Thiruvarur district. It had introduced 11 brands and three in collaboration of Radico Khaitan Ltd and another three brands with Koday India Limited.

It said TASMAC used to place supply orders for ordinary, medium, and premium Brands every month. The company alleged that TASMAC while placing indents with them for medium and ordinary brands were not placing orders for premium brands.
They also alleged that supply of only ordinary and medium brands would be a loss to them. It said one of the conditions for placing orders for supply of premium brands was that ordinary and medium brands should be necessarily supplied.
The petitioner said brands manufactured were for all classes of people in order to reach the common man at affordable prices.

The company contended that the loss is balanced by it only on supply of premium brand to TASMAC and prayed for a direction to direct TASMAC to issue supply orders and indent to them premium brands from July 2013 on the basis of monthly average retail sale of each premium brand of their company.
It also sought a direction to TASMAC to frame guidelines on the basis of scientific and commercial data and consumer choise by adopting fair and transparent procedure for placing supply orders and indents with IMFL manufacturers including the petitioners company.