diff --git a/src/controllers/supplierOrderController.js b/src/controllers/supplierOrderController.js
index 8d45dfda..c2a6438c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/supplierOrderController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/supplierOrderController.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ exports.orderNow = async (req, reply) => {
        
       }
     }
-    
+
       const insertedagent = await agent.save();
   
       return insertedagent;
@@ -127,4 +127,64 @@ exports.orderNow = async (req, reply) => {
       throw boom.boomify(err);
     }
   };
+
+
+exports.verifyPhone = async (req, reply) => {
+  console.log("-------------------------------------------------");
+  try {
+    phone = req.body.phone;
+    phoneVerificationCode = req.body.phoneVerificationCode;
+
+    // check if user exists in the system. If user exists , display message that
+    // username is not available
+    console.log(
+      "this is the phone and verification code",
+      phone,
+      phoneVerificationCode
+    );
+    userExists = await Supplier.findOne({
+      phone: phone,
+      phoneVerified: false,
+      phoneVerificationCode: phoneVerificationCode,
+    });
+    console.log(userExists);
+    if (userExists) {
+      // update the phoneVerified flag to true.
+      const filter = {
+        phone: phone,
+        phoneVerificationCode: phoneVerificationCode,
+      };
+      const update = { phoneVerified: true };
+      const doc = await Supplier.findOneAndUpdate(filter, update);
+      updatedUser = await Supplier.findOne({ phone: phone });
+
+      if (updatedUser.phoneVerified) {
+        reply.send('{"armintatankdata":{"error":false,"verified": true}}');
+      } else {
+        error = {
+          armintatankdata: {
+            error: true,
+            code: 10005,
+            message: "10005 - Verification code entered cannot be validated.",
+          },
+        };
+        req.body.regError = error;
+        reply.send(error);
+      }
+    } else {
+      error = {
+        armintatankdata: {
+          error: true,
+          code: 10005,
+          message: "10005 - Verification code entered cannot be validated.",
+        },
+      };
+      req.body.regError = error;
+      reply.send(error);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw boom.boomify(err);
+  }
+};
+
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/supplierOrdersRoutes.js b/src/routes/supplierOrdersRoutes.js
index 118017e4..2bc076b5 100644
--- a/src/routes/supplierOrdersRoutes.js
+++ b/src/routes/supplierOrdersRoutes.js
@@ -128,6 +128,32 @@ module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
       handler: supplierOrderController.getactiveDeliveryboys,
     });
 
+
+  fastify.route({
+    method: "POST",
+    url: "/api/phoneverify",
+    schema: {
+      tags: ["Supplier-Data"],
+      description: "This is for verify supplier Phone",
+      summary: "This is to Verify supplier Phone.",
+      body: {
+        type: "object",
+        required: ["phone"],
+        properties: {
+          phoneVerificationCode: { type: "string" },
+          phone: { type: "string" },
+        },
+      },
+      security: [
+        {
+          basicAuth: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    // preHandler: fastify.auth([fastify.authenticate]),
+    handler: supplierOrderController.verifyPhone,
+  });
+
     
     
   next();