( 1 ) BY this writ petition filed under Art. 226/227 of The Constitution of India, petitioner, prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate form of direction/order restraining the respondents Nos. 1 to 17 from issuing work/purchase orders to respondents No. 32 to 35. Further prayer of the petitioner is to the effect that respondents No. 1 to 31 be commanded to implement the clause of earnest money exemption to small scale industrial unit of chhattisgarh state as per the clause 4. 7 of chhattisgarh state store purchase rule 2002. Petitioner has also further prayed that tender of the petitioner be opened as the same has not been opened.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a manufacturer of daliya and ready-to-eat food. It is a small scale industrial unit duly registered. Copy of the certificate of the registration has been filed vide Annexures p-29 and p-30. As such, it has been established and is working at raipur. It is submitted that respondent No. 2 published an Advertisement on 4-4-2003 (Annexure p-1) in hindi daily navbharat inviting tenders for 2003-2004 for supply of ready-to-eat food in various anganwadi centers mentioning therein that