Adimjati Seva Sahkari Samiti Maryadit Bastar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Paddy procurement; driage/dryage loss; recovery of weight shortage from procurement societies; MARKFED delayed lifting; Delivery Order/Transport Order (D.O./T.O.); Paddy Procurement Policy Kharif Marketing Session 2025-2026 clauses 15.9 and 16.3 (no dryage permitted; societies to arrange transportation on MARKFED's default); Agreement clause 5.6 (deduction of shortfall; recovery under Chhattisgarh State Co-operative Societies Act 1960); Clause 13 arbitration as alternative and efficacious remedy; writ petitions not entertained; petitioners relegated to arbitration; show-cause notice / natural justice; Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21 and 300A; Bhagwan Singh Rathore v. State of Chhattisgarh, WPC No. 2324 of 2026 (referred); Adimjati Seva Sahkari Samiti procurement centres, Bastar and Bijapur districts; petitions disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of without adjudication on merits: petitioners relegated to arbitration under Clause 13 of the Agreement; concerned authorities directed to consider and decide any dispute covered under the arbitration clause in accordance with law, by reasoned order after affording due opportunity of hearing. Prayers for restraint on recovery and for driage benefit were not granted.