PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1714 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108699-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1714 of 2025 Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Pandey Respondent :- State of U.P. and 3 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akshay Raghuvanshi, B.K.Singh Raghuvanshi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I., Seema Agarwal, S.C., Manoj Kumar Singh Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to expedite the payment of handling and transportation of wheat and paddy for purchase year 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-23 to the concerned contractors by adopting easy procedure within stipulated period. 2. Instructions have been produced by learned Standing Counsel, wherein indications have been made that the petitioner Akhilesh Kumar Pandey is a handling contractor appointed on 24.08.2023. 3. The very fact that the petitioner himself is a handling contractor, filing of the present petition in the name of public interest cannot be countenanced and the same is, therefore, dismissed. Order Date :- 9.7.2025 nd (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally s