1 2026:CGHC:20890 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 1123 of 2026 1 - Sushil Kumar Agrawal S/o Late Shri V.K. Agrawal Aged About 55 Years R/o Near Purana Bus Stand, Korba, Distt - Korba Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Co-Operative Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - The Collector Janjgir, District - Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 3 - The Secretory Ministry Of Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Distt Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - The Deputy Registrar Co-Operative Societies, Janjgir, District - Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh. 5 - The Secretary Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Naila, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 6 - The Nodal Officer-Cum-Senior Agriculture Development Officer Office - Balauda, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 7 - The Society Manager Seva Sahkari Samiti Maryadit, Khaija, Procurement Center, Khaija, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Keshav Dewangan, Advocate. For State/Res : Shri Sabyasachi Choubey, GA. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 05/05/2026 1. By way of this Writ Petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:- 10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to the petitioner's case for its kind AVINASH SHARMA Digitally signed by AVINASH SHARMA Date: 2026.05.06 10:24:49 +0530 2 perusal. 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ, direction, order directing the concerned respondent authorities to consider the applications regarding the purchasing of paddy of petitioner as per government policy and to initiate the enquiry against the culprit person. 10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the concerned respondent authorities to re-open the portal for purchasing the legal paddy of the petitioner i.e. 200 quintals of paddy as per registration of token. 10.4 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief/relief's in favour of the petitioner, which the Hon'ble Court deemed fit & just in the facts and circumstances of the case. 2. According to the petitioner, he is an agriculturist and is having 4.0070-hectare (Total 9.90 Acers) agricultural land in Village Bokrel, P.H.N. 0008, Revenue Circle- Pahariya, Tahsil Balouda, Distt- Janjgir- Champa (C.G.). The petitioner is procuring about 200-220 quintal paddy every year and as per government policy, the petitioner is entitled to sale 200 quintal of paddy every year. In the Kharif season of 2025-26, the State Government issued the scheme for purchasing the paddy from the agriculturist which had been opened from 15.11.2025 to 31.01.2026. The petitioner is an agriculturist and is having some agriculture lands, thus he applied for selling his paddy before his society and after verification of the same the society registered the name of petitioner for selling the paddy from village society and issued the token number and to directed to appear on 08.01.2026 for selling the same. The petitioner is an agriculturist as well as businessmen due to which he has executed an affidavit in favour of Shri Balram Yadav for selling his paddy in his society as per registration of token. On the date of selling his paddy due to some personal difficulties the petitioner could 3 not appeared for selling his paddy in his society and his authorized person Balram Yadav appeared instead of petitioner. The petitioner carried his paddy in KATTI and handed over the society for selling the same through his authorized person Balram Yadav, but unfortunately instead of 200 quintal of paddy his authorized person handed over the 316 quintals of paddy as the petitioner's family are also having some agricultural land, due to which an enquiry was initiated by the respondent No.6 and without giving any notice and opportunity of hearing and without adhering the provisions of Chhattisgarh Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam, 1972, seized the paddy total 316 quintals of paddy of the petitioner by stating that instead of 200 quintals of paddy 316 quintal was handed over from one Balram Yadav who is not an owner of the said paddy and also stated that, at the time of selling the paddy he did not appear in his society. Thereafter, a case was registered regarding the seizure of paddy and in between the portal for purchasing the paddy has been closed and the token has already been cancelled, due to which the petitioner is unable to sell his 200 quintals paddy to the society as per government scheme, thus the petitioner is facing various difficulties with regard to sell of paddy due to wrong interpretation of Chhattisgarh Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam, 1972 made by the respondent No.6. 3. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this Writ Petition may be disposed of while directing the respondent authorities to decide his representation (Annexure P/6) within stipulated time frame. 4. Considering the limited prayer of the petitioner, the competent authority of the respondents are directed to consider and decide the representation (Annexure P/6) and shall pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, in an expeditious manner. 4 5. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and the competent authority of respondents shall decide the representation on its own merits, in accordance with law. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Avinash