The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an application filed by Chairman and Managing Director of IFFCO who has challenged the criminal proceedings initiated against him by a lower court.The court has directed the IFFCO CMD Uday Shankar Awasthi to surrender before the court and apply for bail within a period of thirty days. The order was passed by Justice Naheed Ara Moonis on the application of CMD of IFFCO. Awasthi had sought quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against him by an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Allahabad upon the complaint of a contractor.The applicant, owner of a construction firm, had alleged that a work order awarded to him by IFFCO was terminated fraudulently without him being given any prior notice. The court has held that the ACJM had committed no error in taking cognisance of the complaint and issuing a summoning order