JUDGMENT

1. Heard Sri P. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri N. Manikanta, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. The petitioner-M/s.Coromandel Roller Flour Mils (P) Ltd., Visakhapatnam, a private limited company, incorporated under the Companies Act, engaged in flour milling business, has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging the impugned notice/intimation dtd. 7/6/2016, by the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the 1st respondent-the Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (in short "APSCL" or "the Corporation"), imposing penalty of Rs.6.00 lakhs @Rs.2.00 lakh per sample, for three samples, and directing recovery of the said amount from the final payment, apart from blacklisting the petitioner for a period of one year.

3. The petitioner, pursuant to the tender notice PDS 1/70/AP/WMWA/Tenders/2015-16, dtd. 20/5/2015 of the Corporation for supply of wheat atta for Zone-I consisting of districts Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam, applied tender and was granted the said work for which an agreement dtd. 10/6/2015 was executed between the petitioner and the Corporation for supply of whole me