PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 230 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 230 of 2026 Avishar Katiyar …..Petitioners(s) Versus Union of India and 9 …..Respondents(s) others Counsel for Petitioners(s) : Siddharth Niranjan, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Gaurav Bishan, Rahul Srivastava, Santosh Kumar Mishra Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. Heard Shri D.P. Singh, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Shri Siddharth Niranjan, Advocate appearing for the petitioner, Shri Gaurav Bishan, Advocate appearing for respondent no. 1 and Shri Santosh Kumar Mishra, Advocate appearing for respondent-Food Corporation of India and its officials. 2. This petition, in purported public interest, has been filed with a prayer to direct the Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (‘CBI’) to inquire and investigate the whole scandal being carried out by Food Corporation of India (‘FCI’) in the State of U.P. Further prayer has been made to direct the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, FCI to manage for handing over the relevant records to CBI so as to facilitate investigation in the matter. 3. The petitioner claims himself to be