Agency sources said the two senior officers would be examined for understanding the reasons which resulted in changing the decision on Hindalco, whose application for Talabira coal block was rejected by the 25th screening committee.
Refusing to give names, the sources said the agency would soon serve them notices for questioning.
CBI sources said they have received the file related to Hindalco from Prime Minister's Office which is crucial to understand the public good cited as the reason for reversing the decision.
The agency has identified these officers on the basis of notings made on the file. They said these officers were involved in the processing of coal ministry related files and their examination in no way suggests any kind of criminality on their part.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who has been under opposition attack over the allocation to Hindalco promoted by Kumar Mangalam Birla, has defended the decision as "entirely appropriate" and based on merits of the case presented to him.
CBI had registered an FIR against Birla and former coal secretary PC Parakh in connection with allocation of Talabira II and III coal block to Hindalco in joint venture with PSUs.
CBI sources said the only material change that took place between rejection of Hindalco's application during 25th screening committee and allotment were two letters routed to Parakh through the PMO and his personal meeting with Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group.
"To imply that our chairman, Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, managed to overturn the decision of the screening committee, is preposterous," a statement from Hindalco had said refuting the allegations levelled in the CBI FIR.
'We need someone to assist us with coalgate probe report'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it needed assistance to analyse CBI's voluminous coalgate probe reports and suggested appointment of amicus curiae to lend a helping hand to it.
A formal order for the appointment of amicus curiae (to assist the court) was not passed as consent of the senior advocate TR Andhyarujina, whose name was suggested, could not be taken as he was not present in the courtroom.
The order might be passed regarding this on the next date of hearing on November 26.
The proposition of appointing amicus was stiffly opposed by CBI's counsel and senior advocate Amrendra Sharan raising question on how can a lawyer be allowed to go through the status report when he is not allowed to see the contents of the report.
"My apprehension is that nobody in the capacity of amicus curiae act as ombudsman," Sharan said.
The CBI, however, relented when the bench headed by Justice RM Lodha said that Sharan will also be allowed to go through the reports to defend the agency in the case.
"We are facing a problem. Nobody is there to assist us in going through the status report. We want to have assistance. We need legal assistance of somebody to assist us in looking at status report," the bench said at the outset of hearing.
"We want assistance from you as well and one independent lawyer who will be amicus curiae," the bench said when Sharan opposed the appointement of amicus.
Sharan asked how a CBI counsel could be given a go bye and amicus curiae made privy to the status reports into the investigation of the matter which is going at good pace.
"You must keep pace but investigation hurried is investigation burried," the bench observed.
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