tvr/s Ka m m id iswa mv Rice v. 'Iffi 3:*"

Petition Under Article 226 of the constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High court may be pleasedtoissueaWritororderordirectionmoreparticularlyoneinthenatureof Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent Nos' 4, 6 and 7 in trying to confiscate and shift the cMR paddy stock available with the petitioner during the pendency of two separate enquires before the respondent No 4 and 5 with regard to the alleged sh for delivery of cMR ,.,1*t'" between the petitioner ,,u of cl\4R paddy bags and atso before the cutoff date 'n'"t the custom Milling Agreemenus entered into *1ilir;i;:il+:I:il[1n* THr ffi;*lt * respondent Nos. 4, 6 and 7 not to confiscate z avaitabte with rhe petitioner berore the cutorr date ;ffi:J:r,:;lT:J;::: [;::t",lr"l'Itr#'"ment/s entered rnto between the pet.ioner and in the pending 0."""0,*111::: ;:i::::::il:;r;::srns appropriate o,.ou,, I.A.No: 10F 2025 petition Under Sec rhe affidavit ,,,"0 ,n ,,ooll?i::lr:t?:lT]l in the circumstances stared in the High court may be pleased to direct the respondent *". stock avai,ab,e with the *;,1;1,. r"1.1; Hj."JH:#;fi:::*',n" oloo, t.A. NO:2 OF 2025 "';'-^"'lt1'-t'. petition Under Sec the arridavit ri eo, sup#: J:;:'r?:lT]i,;,:"":,;"ff ffi:":::"J ; grant stay of a' further proceedings on the fire of the respondent.No.4 pursuant to the show cause notice vide No. CS3/ 1 16/2025 dated 18.08.2025 pending disposal of the writ petition. Counsel for the petitioner : SRI R.S.SUMITH RAJ Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1, 3, 4, 6 & 7 : Gp FOR CIVIL SUppLtES Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 & 5 : SRI DEVENDER The Court made the following ORDER .I'HI.], HON'BLE SN{T..IUS'IICE T. MADHAVT DEVI WRTT PETITION No. 26 821 of 2025 OIIDER 'l he Writ Petition is filccl challenging the action ol re spondents No.4, 6 and 7 in tlying to cotrfiscate and shift the CMR prddl'stock available with the pctitioner' despite the lact that two scp.r'atc crrclr'riries are pending belbre respondents No'4 and 5 r'vith regard to the alleged shorttalt oi CMR paddy and the cutoiT date lbr deliverv ol- CMR rice uncler thc Custom N4illirrg Agreemenl is ,r().09.101-5. as illcgal and arbitrari'' Z. Learned counsel fbr the petitioner submitted that during Ralci2022-23,thepetitionerwassupptiedwithQMRpaddyof rnor.c ,.ha1 its capac'1t1, and that clLre to the heavy rains, sorne of thc stock got damaged and theretble, the petitioner and also other rice n',illers in the area haci rnade rcpresc'ntation to respondent No'4 rcqucsting to consicler the dalnagc car-tsed to them and to detennine the shortlall therealier. It is sLibrnitted that the petitioner had rcpliccl ro all rhc show cause noticcs issued by thc respondents' ht)wervef. u,ithour considering the -came, the respondents have 2 TMD] wp 2682 i 20:5 -I .l rssued the proceedings dated 1g.0g.2025 taking the stock of the petitioner into safe custodr.. I_car.ned counsel fbr the petitioner submitted tr'rat the petitio,e. is rr illing to give an u,derlaking tcr make good the shorttall, o,ce t.e shortfall for Rabi 2022_23 is determincd after considcring the pctitioner,s explar_ration with regard to the damage. 'fhc pctiriorcr. is also wiiling to custom mili the rice undcr the super.vision ol tl.re authorities till the CMR rice as agreed for Kharil'and Rabi 101.1_l-t is sLrpplied to the authorities.

3. l,earned Governrnent picader fbr.Cir.il Supplies submitted 'that there is a shortfa, orcMR .ice for Rabi2022-23and arso for Khariland Rebi 20lzl .1015 rnd sirrcc rhc pcririoncr has not madc good the shortfall, s_t,mbolic custod_v ol.thc stock u,ps taken on

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4. Having regard to the r.ival colltentions and the material on record, this Court finds that the petitioner rvas supplied with CMR paddy and as per the agreernent. thc peritioner is bound to supply the custom rnilled rice. IJowever.. the petitioner, along with other. rice millers, rnade a r-cpresc.ntatiotr beflor.e r.espondent No.4 statin-q that some of the paddy was danraged duc to heavy rains and the \ TMDI wp _26A?1 2025 3 responclent authoritics are required to consider the representatton ar-rd therealtcr determine the actual shortfalt' Theretbre' respondent No.4 is directed to consider the explanation of the petitioner with regard to the shortfall fbr Rabi 2022-23 and take a decision thereon aliel giving the petitioner a reasonable opportunity of hearing and arrivc at the sl.rortl'all Respondent No 4 shall take a decision ivithin a pcriod ol loLrr (0ul) weeks from the date of receipt of a copr o1'thi: ot-clcr ertd thercatter' the pctitioner shall makc good the loss as per the said dctermination' Faiting which' the respondents are at libefly to proceed iu accordance with law' As regards thc sliortlall tbr Kharif and Rahi 2024-25'this 5. court observes t-hat sincc rhe period for supply of,custom milled rice has not yeL tapsed, the respondents cannot take any coerclve stcps agairlst tl'rc pctitionel at [his sl"age' ]-lowever'' since there has been shortl-all in CNtR paddy in the earlier seasons' the petitioner is pelmitted to carry oul custom milling of paddy under the supervisiou of the coucerncd officials in order to see that the agreed quantity of CMR rice is supptied within prescribed period' If there is any shorlthtt in the supply of CMR rice thereafter' the I 4 TMD] wp_26821 2025 Yil .l respondents are free to take action in accordance with law and till such time no coercive steps shall be takcn against tirc pctitioner. 6' Accordingly, the p.occccring clarcd 2g.0g.1015 taking rhe stock of the petitioner into cusrodr, is set aside. fhe respondent authorities are permitted to procecd in accordancc with the above directions.

7. With the above obser.r,arions ancl directions. this Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to cosrs. Writ 8 Miscellaneous applications, il. an1,, pending in this Writ Petition, shall stand closed f,'6""riRTH[[?HIA ,/ //TRUE COPYII SECT FFICER To, 1 z_ 4 E b. 7. o I 10 11 #ru:if-i-ro,i:f :,,lTixi*:i'i,s,.3ii,rui#*.;is:f f,rs,:f "" fffiff +5:Jr3|i:r3[ FoR crvrl suFplies ,High court ror the state or pj;ES S SHl si:,PH$,{ Xf,/;A1:is?,t3',., SA BS 4*,- -2- o r tli S fr,, . <JA 6 o t 10 sEt 2025 cFs- r, HIGH COURT DATED:0 4tO9l2O2S ORDER WP.No.26B21 ot 2O2S DISPOSING OF THE W.P WTHOUT COSTS. r"l? W