LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has set aside a Punjab government’s notification fixing a maximum retail price of wheat, reinforcing that the province must acquire wheat through competitive bidding.

Wheat growers and traders filed petitions before the court challenging the legality of the impugned notification issued by the director general (food)/cane commissioner on Sept 4, 2025.

The notification fixed the maximum retail price of wheat as Rs3,500 per 40kg with immediate effect and until withdrawn or altered for the Punjab province.

It directed that no dealer, wholesale dealer, retail dealer or retailer shall charge or cause to be charged, the maximum retail price of wheat offered for sale in excess of the rate fixed and notified.

LHC says province must acquire wheat through competitive bidding; notification applied to dealers and retailers but excluded farmers

The petitioners claimed that their wheat stocks were their property and should not be sold below the minimum support price........

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