Goa Dairy opposed to the entry of Surat district cooperative milk producers’ union in the state has taken the matter to court. It has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court arguing the Gujarat milk cooperative being a non multi-state cooperative could not operate in Goa, according to a Navhind Times report.
The Goa dairy has opposed the Gujarat cooperative arguing further that it has not been granted permission by the state registrar.
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 and the Goa Dairy sources said they would likely to oppose SUMUL on the ground of a tripartite agreement signed.
The Goa Dairy was declared a cooperative in 1983 by applying a three-tier Amul pattern that consists of village level cooperative societies, district cooperative societies and state / national cooperative societies.