The Centre told the Supreme Court that it has no intention of having any confrontation with it on the issue of distribution of food grains to the poor in the country. Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran submitted to a bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma that wrong reports were appearing in a section of the press giving an impression that the government wants to have a confrontation with the judiciary on the issue. The apex court, while taking on record the affidavit, said it was very happy at the comprehensive reply filed by the government in pursuance of its earlier direction for supply of food grains at low cost or at no cost. However, the government affidavit is silent on the apex court's direction for free distribution of food grains to the poor instead of allowing it to rot. Mr Parasaran told the apex court that pursuant to its earlier direction, the Centre had decided to allocate 25 lakh tonnes of additional food grains to states and Union Territories for distribution at BPL prices. In a related development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the Supreme Court should not get into the realm of policy formulation. Interacting with editors at his residence, he said, how foodgrains can be distributed free to an estimated 37 per cent of the population which lives below the poverty line.