AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday rejected a PIL taking exception to serving non-vegetarian food in railways and seeking directions to the railway authorities to segregate non-vegetarian passengers.A bench of Chief Justice R S Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi junked the litigation saying that they did not want to interfere in this issue.The PIL was filed by a practicing advocate E E Saiyed, who claimed to be “pure vegetarian”. While travelling by Rajdhani Express last month, he felt offended at non-veg food being served to fellow passengers sitting in his chamber, he claimed. Similarly, vegetarians often feel embarrassed while travelling in train when non-veg eaters are provided chicken and mutton while they are sitting next to them, he said.In his petition, Saiyed contended that he was “espousing public cause” when he demanded separation of non-vegetarian passengers from vegetarian people or to make separate eating arrangement for non-vegetarians in trains. He argued that it is the government’s obligation to protect right to food of every citizen by giving due effect to the fundamental rights under Article 21 and 25.The petitioner wanted the railway authorities to refrain from serving non-veg food in trains. He demanded that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website should be developed for segregation of passengers according to their food choices at the time of online ticket booking and provide separate sitting arrangement for veg and non-vegetarian passengers.The petitioner insisted on allotting seats to passengers in accordance with their food choices. The practice of keeping separate sitting arrangement for non-vegetarians should be encouraged so that co-passengers do not suffer, he had submitted.