ORDER :

1. This Writ Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenges the proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, issued vide File No. FCS51-13022/49/2021-MRKT SEC-APSCSCL dated 24.11.2021. By way of the impugned proceedings, the respondent-Corporation terminated Stage-I contract period of the petitioners, apart from withholding all pending bills and blacklisting the petitioner for a period of three years.

2. According to the petitioners, petition No. 1 is a firm and petitioner No. 2 is its Proprietor. Pursuant to the tender process undertaken, the respondent-Corporation awarded Stage-I Food Grains Transport Contract for transportation of rice, oils and pulses from FCI/Civil Supplies, Buffer godown to various Mandal level stock points in Ananthapuramu District. The petitioners provided EMD for Rs. 72,00,000/- security deposit for Rs. 35,70,000/- bank guarantee for Rs. 3,59,00,000/-. An agreement came to be entered into on 22.04.2021. Thereafter, the respondent-Corporation issued a work order in favour of the petitioner