JABALPUR, India, Feb. 14 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following Jan. 12:

1. Appellants impugn order dated 17.05.2025, whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent no.1, challenging the order of blacklisting has been allowed and the blacklisting order has been quashed.

2. Appellants had supplied paddy to respondent no.1 for the purpose of milling, as per the procurement policy of the State Government for the year 2021-22. A contract dated 28.07.2022 had been executed between the parties. The grain was processed by respondent no.1 and supplied to appellants however as per the appellant the same did not satisfy the quality conditions specified by FSSAI and was found to be beyond the limit Respondent no.1 was directed to replace the stock and also blacklisted for a period of three years.

3. Respondent challenged the blacklisting order and contended that in terms of the agreement between them an opportunity had to be given to respondent to replace the stock and only if the replaced stock also failed to meet the prescribed standard, the order of blacklisting could be issued.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2025/WA/2355/WA_2355_2025_FinalOrder_12-01-2026_digi.pdf)

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