1. In these two Public Interest Litigations (PILs), the petitioners,

claiming themselves to be the public spirited persons, one of them

namely; Sant Kumar Netam, being a tribal, have prayed for

quashment of the entire tender process of first and second round of

sale of tendu patta for the collection year 2018 undertaken by the

respondent-Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce (Trading &

Development) Cooperative Federation Limited (hereinafter referred

to as ‘the Federation’) and consequently direct for fresh tender.

Petitioners have also prayed for a criminal investigation by an

independent agency like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in

respect of corruption and scam in allotment of lots/units to the

successful bidders. Prayer has also been made to direct the

respondent State to make good the loss of livelihood likely to be

caused to the tribal tendu patta plucking families.

Source: IK