JUDGMENT :

ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA, J.

1. This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 has been filed by the petitioners praying for quashing the Office Order dated 13.01.2026 under Annexure-7 issued by the Collector, Bhadrak (Opp. Party No.3) relating to the exclusion of the name of the petitioner- SHG from the Annexure-6 as a society/agency for the procurement of paddy of Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26 of Tihidi Block and to declare the action of the Opp. Parties relating to the exclusion of the name of the petitioner for the procurement of paddy for KMS 2025-26 of Tihidi Block as arbitrary and illegal and issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the Opp. Parties to allow the petitioner-WSHG to procure Paddy for KMS 2025-2026 of Tihidi Block in accordance with the notified policy along with other reliefs, to which, the petitioner-SHG is entitled for.

2. The case of the petitioner-SHG is that, as per the decision of the District Level Paddy Procurement Committee (DLPC) for KMS 2025-26, the petitioner-WSHG was selected as a paddy procurement society/agency of Tihidi Block reflecting the name of the petitioner-SHG as such, in Serial No.15 of Annexure-3 indi