The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a bunch of petitions challenging the state government’s tender process for distribution of subsidised ration kits to 1.7 crore beneficiaries under a scheme for the Ganesh festival, saying celebrations were just a month away and any interference in the exercise at this point would not be in public interest.

A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar pointed out that the task of supplying around 1.7 crore food kits under the scheme, ‘Anandacha Shidha’ (Kit of Joy), during the 10-day festival was humungous, though it noted the petitioners had a very good case.