diff --git a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/controller/ChaincodeOperationsController.java b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/controller/ChaincodeOperationsController.java
index b9fdc90e..a18eb0be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/controller/ChaincodeOperationsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/controller/ChaincodeOperationsController.java
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ public ResponseEntity<Set<String>> getApprovedOrganisationListForSmartContract(
       @RequestParam("chaincode_name") String chaincodeName,
       @RequestParam("chaincode_version") String chaincodeVersion,
       @RequestParam("sequence") Long sequence,
-      @RequestParam(value = "init_required", defaultValue = "false") boolean initRequired) {
+      @RequestParam(value = "init_required", defaultValue = "false") boolean initRequired,
+      @RequestPart(value = "collection_config", required = false)
+          MultipartFile collectionConfigFile) {
     ChaincodeOperations chaincodeOperations =
         ChaincodeOperations.builder()
             .chaincodeName(chaincodeName)
@@ -104,7 +106,10 @@ public ResponseEntity<Set<String>> getApprovedOrganisationListForSmartContract(
 
     Set<String> approvedOrganizations =
         chaincodeOperationsService.getApprovedOrganizations(
-            networkName, chaincodeOperations, Optional.empty(), Optional.empty());
+            networkName,
+            chaincodeOperations,
+            Optional.empty(),
+            Optional.ofNullable(collectionConfigFile));
 
     return new ResponseEntity<>(approvedOrganizations, HttpStatus.OK);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/exception/ErrorCode.java b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/exception/ErrorCode.java
index 697f755b..32bb9ea9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/exception/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/exception/ErrorCode.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ public enum ErrorCode {
   CHAINCODE_PACKAGE_ID_VALIDATION_FAILED(
       1005, "The chaincode packageId is not same in all the peers or not present."),
 
+  CHANNEL_CREATION_FAILED(3000, "Failed to create Channel"),
+
   CHANNEL_JOIN_FAILED(3006, "Failed to join channel"),
 
   CHANNEL_CREATION_MISSING_ORDERER(4000, "Orderer is missing"),
diff --git a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/ChaincodeOperationsService.java b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/ChaincodeOperationsService.java
index b0d28cd1..7aa94167 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/ChaincodeOperationsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/ChaincodeOperationsService.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import hlf.java.rest.client.model.ChaincodeOperationsType;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
-import org.hyperledger.fabric.sdk.ChaincodeCollectionConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.fabric.sdk.LifecycleChaincodeEndorsementPolicy;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
@@ -48,5 +47,5 @@ Set<String> getApprovedOrganizations(
       String networkName,
       ChaincodeOperations chaincodeOperationsModel,
       Optional<LifecycleChaincodeEndorsementPolicy> chaincodeEndorsementPolicyOptional,
-      Optional<ChaincodeCollectionConfiguration> chaincodeCollectionConfigurationOptional);
+      Optional<MultipartFile> collectionConfigFileOptional);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChaincodeOperationsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChaincodeOperationsServiceImpl.java
index c5a23f56..9d6a9434 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChaincodeOperationsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChaincodeOperationsServiceImpl.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public Set<String> getApprovedOrganizations(
       String networkName,
       ChaincodeOperations chaincodeOperationsModel,
       Optional<LifecycleChaincodeEndorsementPolicy> chaincodeEndorsementPolicyOptional,
-      Optional<ChaincodeCollectionConfiguration> chaincodeCollectionConfigurationOptional) {
+      Optional<MultipartFile> collectionConfigFileOptional) {
     Set<String> organizationSet = new HashSet<>();
     try {
 
@@ -215,9 +215,21 @@ public Set<String> getApprovedOrganizations(
         lifecycleCheckCommitReadinessRequest.setChaincodeEndorsementPolicy(
             chaincodeEndorsementPolicyOptional.get());
       }
-      if (chaincodeCollectionConfigurationOptional.isPresent()) {
-        lifecycleCheckCommitReadinessRequest.setChaincodeCollectionConfiguration(
-            chaincodeCollectionConfigurationOptional.get());
+
+      if (collectionConfigFileOptional.isPresent()) {
+
+        try (InputStream inputStream = collectionConfigFileOptional.get().getInputStream()) {
+
+          ChaincodeCollectionConfiguration chaincodeCollectionConfiguration =
+              ChaincodeCollectionConfiguration.fromJsonStream(inputStream);
+
+          lifecycleCheckCommitReadinessRequest.setChaincodeCollectionConfiguration(
+              chaincodeCollectionConfiguration);
+        } catch (ChaincodeCollectionConfigurationException | IOException e) {
+          throw new ServiceException(
+              ErrorCode.DESERIALIZATION_FAILURE,
+              "Error occurred while extracting details from the uploaded Collection-Config file");
+        }
       }
 
       lifecycleCheckCommitReadinessRequest.setInitRequired(
diff --git a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChannelServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChannelServiceImpl.java
index 52dfa4c9..bc38f8e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChannelServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hlf/java/rest/client/service/impl/ChannelServiceImpl.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public ClientResponseModel createChannel(ChannelOperationRequest channelOperatio
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Error in creating new channel: ", e);
       throw new ChannelOperationException(
-          ErrorCode.CHANNEL_JOIN_FAILED, "channel creation failed", e.getCause());
+          ErrorCode.CHANNEL_CREATION_FAILED, "channel creation failed", e.getCause());
     }
   }