IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7122 of 2009 1. RAM PRAVESH SINGH, son of late Bhola Singh 2. Pramod Kumar, son of late Sahajanand Sharma, Both residents of village and P.O Nagwa, PS Naubatpur, District Patna Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Bihar Patna 2. The Collector cum District Magistrate, Patna 3. The Sub-divisional Officer, Danapur, Patna 4. The District Supply Officer, Patna 5. The Block Development Officer, Naubatpur District Patna 6. The Block Agriculture Officer, Naubatpur, Patna 7. The Block Supply Officer, Naubatpur, Dist. Patna 8. The District Manager, Food Corporation of India, Patna 9. The Centre In charge, Paddy Purchasing Centre, Nagwa, PS Naubatpur, Dist Patna 10. The Officer-in-Charge, Naubatpur PS, District Patna (Alam Jee) 11. Raj Kumar son of not known r/o Mohalla Digha PS Digha Dist. Patna 12. Dev Kumar son of not known r/o village Pasaha Faridpur, PS Janipur Dist. Patna 13. Ajay Kumar, son of late Devendra Prasad Singh, resident of village Nagwa, PS Naubatpur Dist. Patna ----------- 2 30-06-2009 Both the petitioners claim to be residents of village Nagwa PS Naubatpur in the district of Patna. They have preferred this writ petition professing to be in public interest for a direction to the respondents to ensure that middlemen do not trouble the farmers in the scheme of procurement of paddy at the declared support price. The procurement of paddy was under a scheme which is said to have concluded on 31-5-2009. Whether the date for such procurement should be extended or not is a matter of policy which can be re-decided or varied only by the concerned authorities. This court would not like to intervene in that matter. 2 So far as allegations of irregularities are concerned, those matters may be brought to the notice of the concerned District Magistrate by the petitioners and it will be for the District Magistrate to take appropriate action in the matter. The writ petition is disposed of. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.)