Page No.# 1/6 GAHC010272902025 2026:GAU-AS:5524 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : WP(C)/7198/2025 AGRI FIELD CARE AND ANR A PROPRIETORSHIP FIRM, REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR, ATIQUEL KHAN, AGED ABOUT- 51 YEARS, HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT SANTIPUR, POST OFFICE- BHARALUMUKH, POLICE STATION- BHARALUMUKH, GUWAHATI- 781009, DISTRICT- KAMRUP (M), ASSAM 2: ATIQUEL KHAN S/O- LATE NAZRUL ISLAM R/O- HOUSE NO. 45 D.C. TALUKDAR LANE SANTIPUR POST OFFICE- BHARALUMUKH POLICE STATION- BHARALUMUKH GUWAHATI- 781009 DISTRICT- KAMRUP (M) AT GUWAHAT VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 6 ORS REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM, AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT, DISPUR, GUWAHATI- 781006 2:THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM FINANCE DEPARTMENT DISPUR GUWAHATI- 781006 3:THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE ASSAM OFFICE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURE KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 Page No.# 2/6 4:THE ASSAM SEEDS CORPORATION LTD. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 5:THE MARKETING MANAGER ASSAM SEEDS CORPORATION KHANAPARA GUWAHATI- 781022 6:THE DISTRICT AGRICULTURE OFFICER DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OFFICE GOALPARA- 783101 7:THE BRANCH MANAGER ASSAM SEEDS CORPORATION LTD. GOALPARA DISTRICT- GOALPARA- 783101 ASSA For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. N.N.B. Choudhury, Advocate For the Respondent(s) : Ms. G. Bora, Standing Counsel Mr. S. Chamaria, Standing Counsel BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH ORDER Date : 22.04.2026 Heard Mr. N.N.B. Choudhury, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Ms. G. Bora, the learned Standing Counsel appears on behalf of the Agriculture Department and Mr. S. Chamaria, the learned Standing Counsel appears on behalf of the Assam Seeds Corporation Limited. 2. The instant writ petition has been filed being aggrieved by Page No.# 3/6 the inaction on the part of the Respondent Authorities in not making payment of the admitted amount of Rs.4,97,597.22p. to the petitioners. 3. The petitioner No. 1 is a proprietorship firm in the name and style of “Agri Field Care”, and the petitioner No. 2 is the proprietor of the said firm. It is the case of the petitioners that the Respondent Authorities floated an E-Tender Notice dated 05.02.2019, for the supply of Rabi Hybrid Vegetable Seeds under Flood Damage Restoration under Disaster Management for the year 2020–21. The petitioners, being the successful bidder, were issued a work order dated 30.09.2020 for the supply of Rabi Hybrid Vegetable Seeds. Accordingly, the petitioners delivered the same to the District Agriculture Officer, Goalpara, which was duly acknowledged, and the said delivery was also duly admitted by the Respondent Authorities. However, the Respondent Authorities have not paid the amount of Rs. 4,97,597.22p. It is the further case of the petitioners that the petitioners submitted the bill along with a representation dated 05.03.2021 before the Managing Director, Assam Seeds Corporation Ltd., for release of the payment, but the said amount of Rs. 4,97,597.22p. remains unpaid. Being aggrieved, the petitioners have approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. 4. The records reveal that vide order dated 19.12.2025, notice Page No.# 4/6 was issued. It is further seen that the respondent Nos. 4 and 5 have filed an affidavit-in-opposition wherein at paragraph No. 9, they have duly admitted that an amount of Rs. 4,97,597/- is outstanding and payable to the petitioners. Paragraph No. 9 of the said affidavit-in-opposition filed by respondent Nos. 4 and 5, being relevant, is reproduced hereinbelow: “9. That with regard to the statement made in paragraph (8) of the Writ Petition, the respondent begs to state that The petitioner had submitted bills along with challans to Assam Seeds Corporation Ltd. amounting Rs. 4,97,597.22 (Excluding Corporation margin) against Supply order no. ASC/MKT/DM/SO/2019-20/6543 Dated. 23/11/2020. Assam Seeds Corporation Ltd. submitted a fund demand of Rs. 31,29,52,217.00 (inclusive of the petitioner's bill amount) to the Director of Agriculture, Assam, for the supply of seeds against all indents received, including those pertaining to the petitioner. Subsequently, the Director of Agriculture released Rs. 21,48,29,300.00 to Assam Seeds Corporation Ltd., and payments were made to the respective suppliers accordingly. In this context, it is submitted that the fund release order issued by the Director Agriculture clearly specified the indents against which payments were to be made. With reference to Indent No. Agri/Dev- Crop/FDR/DM/2020-21/16 Dtd. 18/09/2020, as cited by the petitioner, the Corporation had submitted a bill amounting to Rs. 517480.00 (including the Corporation's margin) to the Director of Agriculture, Assam, vide Bill No. W-15 dated 30.07.2021. But the payment has been yet to be release from the Director of Agriculture, Assam. The Corporation has already taken up the matter with the concerned indenting authority. The payment to the petitioner will be released immediately upon receipt of the same from the Director of Agriculture, Assam. The admissible amount against the petitioner is Rs. 4,97,597.00 (Excluding Corporation margin).” Page No.# 5/6 5. Upon perusal of the materials on record and, more particularly, the paragraph quoted hereinabove, it is seen that the respondents have admitted that the petitioners are entitled to an amount of Rs. 4,97,597/-. It is also mentioned that the Assam Seeds Corporation Limited has already requested the indenting authority, i.e., the Director of Agriculture, Assam, to release the balance amount, and that upon receipt of the same, the Corporation would release the said amount to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the following observations and directions:- (i) The petitioners are entitled to the amount of Rs.4,97,597/- as admitted by the respondents. (ii) The said amount of Rs. 4,97,597/- shall be paid to the petitioners, after making such statutory deductions, if any. (iii) The Director of Agriculture is directed to disburse the amount payable to the petitioners to the Assam Seeds Corporation Limited and the Assam Seeds Corporation Limited upon receipt of the said amount shall disburse the entitlement of the petitioners. Page No.# 6/6 (iv) The entire exercise be carried out within 6 (six) months from the date certified copies are served upon the Director of Agriculture, Assam and the Managing Director of the Assam Seeds Corporation Limited, whichever is latter. (v) Any amount so paid during the pendency of the present writ petition towards the dues of the petitioners shall be set off while making payment to the petitioners. (vi) No costs. JUDGE Comparing Assistant