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 Rules, 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 the