"We direct Additional Advocate General R P Singh to immediately look in to the issue. We have serious concern ... it is a serious matter that farmers are being duped by state agency itself. Let it be ensured that the poor farmers get their due and are not cheated," the court said.
The order by a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain came on a PIL filed by Deepak Kumar who alleged that crores of rupees have been embezzled by officials showing fake production in the name of poor landless farmers of state who were even not aware about the government scheme.
The seed production and distribution programme in the state is being run through State Farms Corporation of India (SFCI), which is a government owned body.