New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea seeking direction to the CBI and the ED to identify their officers allegedly threatening and forcing 176 private liquor vendors in the national capital to close their shops.

The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved in relation to the allegations levelled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia against the Central agencies' officers.

The petitioner, advocate Narinder Khanna submitted that his plea aimed to uphold the prestige of premier central agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) that are being questioned and have come under attack for allegedly being the cause of loss of livelihood of 176 private liquor vendors.

His plea also sought to direct the Delhi government to provide a list of 176 private liquor vendors who were harassed by officers of the CBI and the ED.

Apart from identifying those officers, the plea also sought the probe agencies to ensure facilities provided by private liquor vendors continue to be provided by government liquor shops from 1 September.

After hearing the arguments on the plea, a bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad reserved the order in the matter.