IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2960 of 2009 KRISHNA PRATAP SINGH son of Sri Nand Kishore Singh resident of Village Tenduni P.S. Bikramganj, Distt-Rohtas…………Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through Food Supply Commissioner, Patna. 2. Food Corporation of India, 16-20, Barakhambha Lane, New Delhi. 3. Executive Director (East Zone), Food Corporation of India,10-A, Middleton Row, Kolkata-71 4. General Manager ® Food Corporation of India, Regional Office, Patna 5. Area Manager, Food Corporation of India, District Office, Patna 6. SP, CBI, Patna………………Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner:-Mr.S.N.Pandey, Sr. Advocate. For Respondent No.1:-Mr. A. Amanullah, SC-17 For Food Corporation of India:-Mr.P.K. Shahi, A.G. --------------- 7. 29-Jul-09 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the respondents. The petitioner claims to be a villager from a village under Police Station, Bikramganj, District, Rohtas. He wants the Food Corporation of India to improve its system under which procurement of food grains is made from the agriculturists/farmers. The petitioner has annexed certain papers to show that the office of the Food Corporation of India at Gaya had committed some irregularities which were noticed by the regional office which 2 issued a memo eliciting response from the concerned official. The procurement of food grains from the farmers at pre-determined price is under scheme to improve the conditions of farmers and to ensure a minimum price for their produce. The menace of middleman cheating the farmers and procuring food grains at a lesser price and then making money by selling the same to the Corporation is a problem which the Corporation is bound to address in its regular course of business. If the Centre for procurement of food grains is not sufficient, we are sure that the Corporation will look into that aspect of the matter also as per resources available with the Corporation. If the petitioner can give better suggestions to tackle the menace of middleman harming the interest of farmers, we are sure that the Corporation will look into those suggestions carefully and try to tackle this problem before the next 3 procurement season. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. perwez (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash,J.)