Naresh Kumar Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Paddy procurement centre In-charge/Samiti Manager of cooperative society; MARKFED; Chhattisgarh paddy procurement; natural dryness / moisture-evaporation weight shortage; zero shortage recovery from Samiti Manager; FIR threat and coercive recovery for dryness shortage; delayed lifting and transportation of paddy; dryness allowance parity with rice millers (5%) versus 3% benefit to societies in 2022; Paddy Procurement Policy Kharif Marketing Session 2025-2026 clauses 15.9 and 16.3; tri-party Agreement clause 5.6 recovery and Clause 13 arbitration; alternative and efficacious remedy; writ petitions disposed of without being entertained; petitioners relegated to arbitration; reference to 1960 co-operative statute within Agreement clause 5.6; no opinion on merits; Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur; Dhamtari and Balod districts.
What did the court decide?
None of the reliefs sought were granted; all petitions stand disposed of, with the petitioners relegated to raising their disputes before the appropriate authority under the arbitration clause of the Agreement and the concerned authorities directed to consider and decide any such arbitration request in accordance with law; no opinion expressed on the merits.