Ram Singhasan and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food and Civil Supply Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL No. 145 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench (Arun Bhansali, CJ and Jaspreet Singh, J.), decided 17.2.2025 — dismissed at threshold. Petitioners from District Sultanpur sought enquiry against respondents No.5 and 6 for fraudulent sale of paddy to PCF Centre causing loss to public fund; only registration documents and complaint dated 28.01.2025 produced; petition filed 07.02.2025 within less than two weeks of registered-post representation; Court held petition appeared targeted at specific respondents and not genuine public interest. Keywords: PIL maintainability, premature writ petition, paddy sale, PCF Centre, Food and Civil Supply, Sultanpur.
What did the court decide?
Except for producing the registration of respondents No.5 and 6 and making a complaint dated 28.01.2025, nothing further was produced in support of the petition.