NEW FINE FLOUR AND RICE MILLS PVT. LIMITED vs AZAD GOVERNMENT — 2026 PLD 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

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NEW FINE FLOUR AND RICE MILLS PVT. LIMITED VS AZAD GOVERNMENT. Arts. 42 & 44---Food Policy, 2022---Executive policy decision---Internal executive communications or summaries without formal notification---Judicial review---Scope---Allocation/enhancement of quota for private wheat grinding in pursuance of executive summary and its approval in violation of Food Policy, 2022 (Policy) was assailed by the appellants through separate writ petitions---Suspension of Policy by High Court during pendency of related writ petitions in another writ petition filed by private respondent---Failure of appellants to challenge such suspension of Policy---Effect---Principles of acquiescence and estoppel---Applicability---Unnotified summary and its approval---Legality---Contention of appellants was that High Court was not justified in suspending the Policy---Validity---Appellants did not assail the said suspension order either by seeking its recall before same forum or by filing appeal or PLA before Supreme Court---In view of such acquiescence and failure to seek reversal through due process, appellants were estopped from raising objections at belated stage, and contention that High Court was not justified in suspending the Policy was devoid of legal merit---Until an executive summary or decision is formally notified and acted upon, it does not acquire binding legal effect or create enforceable rights or liabilities---Mere approval by competent authority without proper notification or implementation does not confer legal sanctity, and internal executive communications or summaries lacking formal notification cannot be basis for judicial interference unless they culminate in concrete executive action---Formulation, modification, or rescission of a policy is exclusive prerogative of executive authority, to be exercised in light of prevailing circumstances and administrative exigencies, and judiciary does not ordinarily interfere in policy matters unless they are patently illegal, arbitrary, or in violation of fundamental rights---Government, in exercise of its lawful executive authority, constituted a committee to review the Policy and High Court, in absence of any demonstrated illegality, rightly refrained from interfering in policy domain---Appellants failed to point out any jurisdictional error, legal infirmity, or misapplication of law in judgments of High Court to justify interference by Supreme Court in its appellate jurisdiction---Civil appeals were dismissed, in circumstances.

NEW FINE FLOUR AND RICE MILLS PVT. LIMITED vs AZAD GOVERNMENT — 2026 PLD 26 SUPREME-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

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