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2026:CGHC:10834

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

CONT No. 1600 of 2025

Atul Kumar Agrawal (Partner M/s Shri Balaji Foods ) S/o Rajkumar Agrawal

(Aadhar No. 3804 9929 6736) Aged Around 46 Years R/o H.No. 118, Ward

No. 7, Ram Mandir Road Tahsil Sakti District- Sakti (C.G.) Firms Address -

Village Nandaurkhurd Branch Post Office Tahsil - Sakti District - Sakti

(Chhattisgarh)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - Smt. Reena Baba Saheb Kangale Posted As Food Secretary, Directorate

Of Food Civil Supplies And Consumer Protection Department, Mahanadi

Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.)

2 - Smt. Kiran Koushal Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Civil Supplies

Corporation, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, Atal Nagar, District

Raipur (C.G.)

3 - Shri Amit Vikas Topno Collector - Sakti, District Sakti (C.G.)

4 - Smt. Shobhna Vinay Tiwari District Marketing Officer, Chhattisgarh State

Co-Operative Marketing Federation Limited (Marked), Sakti, District - Sakti

(C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner : Mr. Hari Agrawal, Advocate

For Respondents : Mr. Rakesh Jha, Advocate along with respondent

No.4 Smt. Shobhna Vinay Tiwari,

S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge

Digitally

signed by

PRAVEEN Order on Board

KUMAR

SINHA

Date:

2026.03.07

17:55:47

+0530

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02/03/2026

1. This contempt petition is filed alleging willful disobedience of

order dated 27.06.2025 passed in WPC No.2865 of 2025 by the

respondents.

2. Learned counsel for petitioner would submit that the petitioner

is a Rice Miller. Under Custom Milling Policy of State Govt. for kharif

marketing year 2023-24, petitioner has lifted paddy for custom milling.

After custom milling, as per the policy, rice was to be returned and

deposited with CMR (Custom Milling Rice) Centre. Petitioner has

deposited 34699.504 quintal of custom milled rice and thereafter portal

of petitioner was blocked making it unable to petitioner to deposit the

remaining/balance custom milled rice of 1766.869 quintals, against

which, petitioner has filed writ petition which was disposed off vide

order subject matter of contempt petition, directing respondents to

allow the petitioner to deposit balance custom milled rice on

30.06.2025. Petitioner pursuant to order passed by this Court has

transported custom milled rice through truck at CMR Centre, however,

possession of un-loaded custom milled rice at CMR Center Dabara ,

District- Sakti was not taken by respondents and thereby have

committed willful disobedience of order.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents would submit that during

course of argument at the time of hearing of writ petition specific

submission has been made by respondents that vide correspondence

issued by the State of Chhattisgarh to Co-operative Marketing

Federation Ltd. (for short “Markfed”) regarding shortage of CMR for

KMS 2023-24 i.e. Kharif Marketing Season 2023-24 there is express

direction from the State Govt. that rice to be deposited in the State pool

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shall be exclusive of the shortage identified during the Joint Physical

Verification (JPV). Upon joint physical verification of the paddy lifted by

petitioner, done in the month of October 2024, officials of Markfed have

found shortage of 6655 bags of paddy which amounts to 1766.869 of

custom milled rice. It is contention of learned counsel for respondents

that till 30.06.2025, petitioner has already deposited custom milled rice

exclusive of shortage as found during Joint Physical Verification of

premises of petitioner in month of October 2024. It is also pointed out

that writ Court while passing the order has observed that balance

custom milled rice be permitted to be deposited by petitioner on

30.06.2025, was subject to correspondence dated 26.03.2025. Said

correspondence clearly mentions that custom milled rice found

shortage at the time of physical verification are not to be accepted.

4. At this stage learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

letter dated 10.02.2025 states that physical verification has to be re-

drawn.

5. I