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T";-ROM: Vinod r:um3~·.Assistcn: RcgistrolC (PlL.C:ELL)1

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FoodCorporanon otrcndia.1Zh~dy~ Sadan,16i 20 Barnkhamba Lane,New Dc.lfl1.

S;::ttc· of Arunachal Pradesh.lhn)u~Jl the Chief SCCL~ctUl"y\

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lt an ag ur (A.P.).

~tatc of Aridhr a Prad('~h.thcoug-h the Chid Sccrh.H·'y,Hy oe rab ad (Audnra Prndesh).

. ,St3tC of /\S~3m.thn)U.~h the Chief Secretary.Dr spur (Assarn ).

n. S r 3 r C. 0 f B J (WI' •

Ihrou~h the Chief Secretary,Parn a (Bih<1r)

Sr arc ofCnhc rt iszarb ,thlOUgh the. ~h¥f Sc crctu rj-.Ruipur (Chh arr is ~arh).

St:ltc of Go a.thr'ough the Chief Sc cr-ct ery ,I.jaD.\I.ii((ion).

S t~HC o l ('uI3r31.th ccu,:;h the Ch ief SCCn.~.tiH·'y,Gnnclhinn ~ar (G \1.'1 arat i.

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10. Srarc ot Harv ana.through the Ch ie f Se cr-et ary ,Chand ignrh.

11. S:a[c of Himachal Pradesh.through the Chief Se cret cry ,:-ihimld noLP.}.

,1~ Srat c of Jammu & Kashm ir ,

(hwug" rhc Chief Sc crct ary,Srmag ar iJ &K)

i 3. State of Jharkhand.thL'<~ugh the Chief Se cr-et ary ,Ranchi (Jharkhand).

l~. St ar c of Karuar aka. •thzough the Chief Sccl'etLJC)',.B;:I!~galorc (Karnatak a).

l~. Slate of Kc.n:JJa.rhnlllgh the Chief SCclct&1ry.

Th iruvannnthnpuram t Keral a).

1h S'r::H("of Madhya Pr-adesh.thcough the Chid Se cr-etary ,Bhopal ('N1.P,).

1 'J. Srar c of Maharashrru ..thl'Ough the' Chief Sc~cetu(":,',Murnb ai (Mnhar ashtre). .'

i~. Stare nf Manipur ,[hrough the Chief Sccn:t&1L")"

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11.F;. Sral'e of Me .q;IHlinyn,thnHl.:!h the Chief Se crcrury I

Shi llon z IMe~i1aliiyn)

"".(1 Slate. of Mi zorarn.through th·~ Chief Sc ct'ct ary ,Ai z wal (~Vlizo1'?m).

2J . S tar c o f N a ~:l Jar: d ,thwuJ;n the Chief SC..:/."ctUI·'y,Kohirn a n~<lgnl'Hld)

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22. Srat c of Or; ~~"3.th.wu~h the Chief Se crcrc ry ,Bhub neshwnr t Or is sa j.

.) .'..•.. .~. St at c of Punjab .rhr'augh the Chic:f Se c rerc ry ,Chnnd ignrh ,

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2.il.-/.·State of Ruj ast han.~ thlough the Chief SccretalT,

Ja ipur (Rajasthan),

25. Starc of Sikktm.rh ro ug h the: Chief Se cr-etu'ry ,Gan gtok (Sikkim ).

2b. Stare of Tamll Nadu,thi'ough the Chief Secretary,Cbe nnni (T,N.), .

'27. Stare of Tr ipura.thL'ough the CJ~icf Sc-ccct ary ,Ag art al a (Tripura):

:28. Sr arc of Uttar Pr adcs h.thwu,f{h the Ch ief Se crcrury ,Luvknow (1J.r.i

29. Stare, of Urr ar anchal ,t hro ugn rhe Chid Se cret ary ,Dehrudun (U ttaruuchel ).

St3H'. of We·sf Be·oral.tlH'ough the Chief SCcl·ctary.Kolkata lW,B', I,

31. Un ion Tcrrrtory of Andam an & Nicob ar (s lands ,through h'li Adm1oistrO\tul' ,Port Blair,

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Onion Tcrrttory of Chandiz arh.'-hrough. hot: Adm\l:lir,tn~\. .•.H',

Chandi garh.

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SUPREME COURT OF' (i'iUL,\NEW DELHI

FROM: Vinod Kumar.Assistcn; Rer,tistraf (PIL.CELL)'.,,

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Umon of India. .thl'VUg;h 1\.f, SccrcllSL)'.Ministry of Consumer Affairs tv. Public Distribution.Krishi Bhawan.New Delhi -. 1 io (,(11,

Food Corporation 0.tllndia .KhadYi)i Sadan,IN 20 Barekhamba Lane,Nt~W Delhi

Sr at c of Arunachal Pradesh.thL'Qugll the Chief Sc:cL:etat"y,

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Stare of Andhr a Pradesh.through the Ch ief 'secrbt<lr,v>Hyderabndt Andhra Pradesh) .

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State of Assam,th1'()u~h the Chief Sc crcrury ,Di spur (Assam ,.

6. Sture ..of Brhar,through the Chief Secretary,Paw i1 (8 ihar).

7. Stare of Chharri ;;:~·3rh.thcough the;~b¥f Sccrctdc.y,Rnipur (Chharris garh).

x. State ..of Goa.t1uough the Chief Secretary,Panaj i «(1041).

State of (fular31.thwu.;h the Chief SCCI'C.t;U·Y,Oilndhinngn-r (Gnjnr<H,.

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Government of NeT of Deihl.Lhr<:"!J,':!:h it s Ch ic f Sccr-:-tary,Dr:,'j hi S.;-.,:u;t<lfiat,1.1' i::;w[c. Nc w DcJhL

,.-~. Urnon TCITHOI'V of Daman &.1)lu.lIH':.'LJ.si) it.; Adm lni s u-aro r.1vl(l( i 1)<1 rnan

5S. {filion I'crri rory of Oadra & Nagar Huvcli.t\)rou';h \tr, f\dm.~['\l!,.lratof,·oS ilv ;t:-:;;I.

Onion Tc rrt tory of Lak shad weep"\hf\)u~h \b AJluinl5tl'ah)1'.

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VvRrr PE'rnlON fCrVrU NQ. 190 OF ~~X)L(.<Utv~r Ar\i..:.lc }2 o{ the. Con&itutlon of It.cliA)

i';.:'opk i.rnon for Civil UhCI11C;

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I am dirccrcd to torward herewith for your tnformation. necessary XitOI1 and

.,·\··,mphru:;.-c n certified ~""':'Pl(,sof the orders of the Supreme Court dated T" October.

}((lLl p;)~:~'d 10 the \VJi' Pennon anovc-mcnnoncd,

Please acknowledge rcccipr.

Y(tXll');faithfully, O. ~

\'\.-.\. /Ass t Registrar .

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Court No. 3 SltCTION PILA/N ~TF.R

B U P R ~ M E C 0 U R T 0 7RECORD OF PROaEDDiaS

I N D I A·813142

~r~t Pet~tion(C~vil) No:196/2001

PEO~LE'B UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES Patioti.Clner (.)

VERSUS

UNION01' INDIA , ORB.,

( W.i.~.hApplo (.). 1!or interim Rali.a1! &n.d i.nt.ri.m cU.rectioIUl, pez:m:i._i.on to.ubmi.t •.d.dl. document. and 1!or per:mi.•• i.on to ro.ocU.~ thtI National. K&tern.i.tyB4!ne1!i.t Scheme a.nd Offi.ce Report)(For fUL~her consi.derati.on)With I.A.No.40-41/2004 (ror exten.ion o1! t~ and i.nt.r~ diaectiona.)

Date : 07/10/2004 Th.i.s Petit.i.on .as call.d 00 for heari.nCiJ tod&y.

BON' BLE KR. JUSTla Y. It _ SABBA.RJIA.LBON' BLE MR. JUSTIClt TARUN CHA'I'n:a.JU

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CORAM

For PQt.i.t.i.oncr (6)"';

Mr. Col~ Gon.&lv.a, Sr.Adv.Na. Aparna Bhat, Mv.b4r. Vi.pi.n M. Benjam.i..n, AdV.

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For thft UOI (Mj.nis;tryof Health and H.R.D.l

Mr. Mohan Par •.•• ran, ASGM.r. Hemant 1Jh&J:1ll&,Ad..,.Mr•. Bu.hma Suri., Mv.

For Respondent (5)(M.inirtry of Food. UOI)

Mr. Aaholt Bh•.n, Adv.Mr. S.N. Terdal, Adv.!UI. Sur•• h Shar:nl&, Mv.

For nCT of Delhi Mr. Aabolt Bhan, Adv.Mr. S.Ma.Un A.Qadri, Ad..,.Mr.. Anil Kat iyar, Adv.

State of Gujarat/Mizor~ Mr•. H. Kah.i., Mv.

State of Haryana Mr. Sat indy S.Iiu.l.ati., Adv_Hr. Vi.nay Kumar Garg, Adv.Me. Praveen ltr. R&..i,Adv.M.. Kavita "adia, Mv.l

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State of D.P.

atate of PD.

st.to o~ Arun.Prade5h

State o~ Me9halaya

state o~ M.anipur

State o~ Jh.a.rkh'and

state of Na~a~and

State of Tcipura

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State of Meat Bengal

State of Dttaranchal

State of T~l Nadu

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State of Sikk.un

U . T. Chandigarh

State of Chhattisgarb

St""t. o~ M.P.

Stnt411of baam

Mr. Sunil Gupta, AAGMr. Ravi 17 .x.hratr., Ac1v_Mr. (;.arveah Kabra, Adv.

M5. Harviodar I.&ur, AAGMr. Vi'VllllkAaharya, My.

Mr. An.il Shrivaat.av, Ady.

Mr. Ranjun Mukherjee, Mv.

lIlr. l(h. Nob.1.nSin<jih, Adv.

Mr. A.5hokMathur, Ady.

Mr. U.HaEarika, Ady.K.. Sum.ita HAEari.ka, A.dy.

Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv.Mr. Rituraj Biav •• , Ady.Mr. Gop.•~ Singh, Adv.

Mr. Tara Chandra Sha.rma, Adv.Ki.aa N.e~am ShaL-m&,Adv.Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv.Mr. Tarun Sharma, Adv.

Ma. Rach.n.aSriv...tava, Adv.Mr. t;ovind Kauahik, Adv.

Xr. Subramoni.um Pr •• ad, Adv.Mr. S. Ii. Jha, Adv.Mr. <:;opala l!triHhnan, Adv.Mr. Abhay Kum&r, Adv.Mr. iULhul, Mv.

Mr. A.Ma.riarputham, Mv.Ma. A.lcunaHathur, Adv.for MJa.Arputham,Aruna • Co.

M8. !(am.i.ni Jaiawal, Adv.MAS. InUee Barooah, Adv.

Mr. Rajeah Brivaatava, Adv.MAS. Suparna 9rivarta.a, Mv.Ma. Deepti Singh, Adv.

Mr. B.S. Banthia, Adv.

Ma. ~rishna Sarma, Adv.Mr. Atul Kum.Jl.r,Adv.or Corporate Law ~roup.

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Ma. A. SUbha~ni., Ad".

,:>f And.am&n, )l'i.cob.r, Mr.D.S. Malu:a, Ad".

)Ildr. h N.gar !:i.veli,D••••rna n " Diu

)U. Suni.ta 8haa:m&, Adv.

k':::>ndich.rry Mr.V.G. ~raga.&m, Adv.

St.At. o~ Bih.r Mr. B.B.8i.n~h, Ad".

Mr . .Jan. Ialyan Daa, Ad".

Mr. B.V. B.lram DaB, Ad".

Mr. .J.8. Attri, Ady.

~. Indr. 8.whney. Adv.

Hz:. s. V . 0.shp ande , Ad".;J

Mr. R.·S. Suri., Ad".

Hz:. Pr.k.sh Shri. .•.••t.v., Adv.

Kr. Rame.h Buu M.:it., Adv.

Mr. T.V.RAtnam, Adv.

Mr. Sanj.y it. Hegde, Adv.

Mr. R.~. Mqah.ahw.ri, Adv.

Mr. KuJ.di.p Singh, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh ~. Giri, Adv.

.•.. Mr. Pr.ahant ~U1l\&r.Ad.•..

Mr. Viahw.jit Si.ngh, Ad".

Mr. Ani. Suhr.wardy, Adv.

UPONhear Lnq counsel the Court made the followingo R D & R.,

We h ave gone through the St!'· (August, 2004) Report of

CorrunlssionersS/Shri Dr.N.C.Saxena and N.R. Sankaran. First of i.1

we wish to place on record our compliments and appreciation for

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"l"JOnn'='llS work done by the learned Commissioners and presenting t::\

[{E.' par t:. under considera tion.

The Report is in three parts. Firat part is divided into

l~ sections covering different schemes. Under Section 1, Integrated

Child Development Services (IeDS) has been considered. Part II sets

out summary of findi,pgs and Part III sets out recormuendations. We

IIlould first consider the aspect of IeDS. In order to fully

appreciate the problem, it ..,ould be useful to notice the background

briefly.

IeDS, as noticed in the Order dated 29. '1.2004 is perhaps

the largest. of all the food and supplementa tion programmes in the

w orLd that. was initiat.ed in the year 1975 wit.h the following

obJections as per the document prepared by Planning Commission:

1.'1'0 improve the health and nutrition s t tus of children 0-6 years byproviding supplementary food and by coordinating with state healthdepar t.ment.s to ensure dellve.ry of requi.red heal th inputs;

2.To provide conditions necessary for pre-school children'spsycholgical and social development through early sti~iuldtion andeducation;

3.'1'0 provide pregnant and lactating wonEn with food supplements;

4.To enhance the mot.her v s ability to provide proper child carethrough health and nutrition educaitoni

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5. Te' achieve effective coordination of policy and implementationamong the various departments to promote child development.

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The scheme intends to cover a Ll, the children under a<J

group of 0-6 years. The food is supplied to the children t.hr ou.,

Anganwadi Centres (For short, 'AWCS'). The norms of Government·(;

India provide for one Centre for a population of one thousand (7C

in case of tribal area). It is not in serious dispute, ~

contended by Mr. Mohan Parasaran, learned Additional Solicit,

General that according to norms, there should be approxomately

lakhs ACWS. Admittedly, nearly 6 lakh Centres have be,

sanctioned. Man.y of the sanctioned Centres are also not operati-on.

as is evident from the Report under consideration. The probl·

s e ems to be more acute in;

States 'Ilike Bihar, Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand. It deserves to be noticed that the directions

respect of reDS were issued as far back in 28.11.2001.

da t.ed 27.4.2004 notices tha t mas t of those covered by the or c

dated 28.11.2001 are not getting the benefit under rCDS. Tl.

observa tion was made on the basis of figures which were prov il

under Nat lonal Fami ly Benef i t Heal th Scheme on coriduc t.Lnq s ur v

The result was that a large number of children between the

group of 0-6 years were malnourished. That Order also noticed t.

the position was alarming in the aforesaid three States as well

the State of Uttaranchal. By Order dated 29.4.2004, the Governr

of India was directed to file within three months an a f f Ld..

stating the period withitY which it proposed to sanc t.Lon

remaininq number of AWCS. The Government of India was i;.

directed to consider the revi~ion of norms of supply of nutritl

food worth rupee one to every child in the Centres as norm of rl

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ori-, was fixed way back in the yea:c 1991 and lncorpora te

., suggestion in the affidavit..

It is most unfortunate that instead of three months,

nearly six months have expLred; the Government of India has still

not filed the affidavit and instead an oral application has been

made by learned Addi tional Solici tor General for grant of further

time to file an affidavit in terms of the Order dated 29.4.2004.

We are shocked at t.he attitude of the Central Government which is

i.n respect of 'giving nutritious food to all children though in

practice it. concerns those unfortunate section of the society who

can ill-afford to provide nutritious food to the children of the

a f ore sa Ld age group. In absence of the affidavit, we could have

straightway issued directions for the sanction of the remaining

AWCSand for increase of norm of r upe-e one t.O rupees two but having

regard to the totality of the cLrcuns t.ance s , we grant one final

opportuni ty to the Central Government to file af fidavi t wi thin ;:

period of two weeks whereafter we would consider these two a3pects,

namely, (i) sanction of 14 lakh AWCS; (ii) Lncr eaae of norm o J

rupt'.."€one to rupees two.

We make it clear that if the affidavit is not filed, thi:

Court will be left with no -~ption but to issue directions fOJ

implementation of the two aspects.

Now, we would deal wi t.h the aspect of sanctioned AWCSan"

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<: t.!leir working. In t.he Order dat.ed 29.4.2004, it. was direct.ed t.haL

t.he sanct.ioned Awes shall be made fully operational by 30tbJun~,

2004. Furt.her direct.ion issued was t.hat. the sanct.ioned Awes shall

supply nutritious food/supplement. to t.he children, adolescent. girls

and to pregnant. and lactat.ing women under the scheme for 300 days

in a year. The Report. present.s a glooraing picture bot.h in regard

to the operation of the sanctioned AWCSin some of the Stat.es like,Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand and the position in those which

are operational. Inst.ances have been given in the Report where for

- .~months the sup~lies were not made t.o t.he children. For example. in

th~ State of Jharkhand, t.he sanct.iq,ned AWCSwere not working froml"t

May to December, 2003. No satisfact.ory reply is forthcoming from

that State. Further, there are material discrepancies in two

affidavits f i Led by the said State one in ~;eptember and t.he one

handed over io the Cour t today. In the Sept.ember affidavit., it. was

deposed on oat.h that. 16689 Awes were operational. In the affidavit

filed t.oday, the figure of operat.ional Awes .is st.ated to be 7429.

According to t.he Report, on an average, 42 paisa as against t.he

-;-. norm of rupee one was being allocated per bene f iciary per day by

the Stat.e of Jharkhand. The position in Bdha r and Ut.tar Pradesh i:~

also no belter. Out of 394 sanct.ioned reDS projects, only 24~ wer~

. operational in' the State of Bihar. As per t.he affidavit. dat.ed 30t

September, 2004, all t.he pro.~ct.s were being made operat.ional f r on

4th Oct.ober, 2004. Whet.her that has happened or not, Mr. B.B.

Singh, learned counsel appearing for t.he State is unable to s t.a t.c

for want. of inst.ruct.ions. Be that. as it made, if all have not. bee:

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made operational since 4th October, 200~ has already pass>,

we direct that the same shall be made operational in l'

later than one week from today.

In the State of Uttar Pradesh, though percentag

functional/non-operational AWeS is more as per the Re,

according to ·the State, admittedly 24 per ceot are not ope·,In the affidavit., it has been claimed that the zemaLnLn«

ope ra t.LonaI by so» November, 2004. We direct the s t.a t-e G

t.o make 'operational all sanctioned Awes by 30tb Novemb(

After that, we would not en~rtain any application for! ':~

of time.

The Report also mentions that some of Awes are 0,

from private houses including those of grain deal€rs whic

suggested is not a heal thy way of working as it is Ii

increase the chances of pilferage of th€ grain etc .We a;

to note that as a t.a t.ed in the affidavit of State of Utt.ar

it has made efforts to shift M'K:S to primary schools. I'

good example for other States to follow. The Report also I

about the attempt. to centralise the pxocuxement.s in some

S ta t.es which has many fallouts. I t has been explained it

t.he affidavit that. the pfocurements is at district level an,

the s ta te level. Further, the problem of using cont.ract

procurement has also been mentioned in the Report suggest.'

it should be done by agencies and officers at the Governmen;

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These are only by way of illus tra tions as to f ac ts and f j

given in Section 1 of the Report relating to Integrated

Development Services.

Having heard t-lr. Colin Gonsalves, learned Senior Co

appearing for the petitioner and learned Additional 5011

General app,ear ing for the Central Government and learned c c-

appearing for the State Governments in.part:..i.culGi';-J the Sta t·

Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, for present, we issue foll

,d I re c t Lon s.

1. The aspect of sanctioning 14 lalc.hs AWCSand increase of n

rupee one to rupees 2 per child per day would be coos ide

this Court after two weeks.

2.The efforts shall be made that all SC/ST hamlets/habitati'

the country have Anganwadi Centres as early as possible.

-, "4 3.The contractors shall not be used for supply of nutriti O'r\

Anganwadis and preferably rCDS funds shall be spent by ~~~,

use of village communLt.Les , self-help groups and Mahila Mo....•,d.

for buying of grains and preparation of meals.

4.All State Governments/Union Territories shall put on

websi te full data for the rCDS schemes including where A~.

opera tional, the number of benef iciar Les ca t.eqo.ry+wlee, the

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allocated and used and other related ma:.ters.

5.All State Governments/Union Territories shall use

Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojna fund (PMGY) in addition to

stale allocation and not as a substitute for state funding.

provided) . The vacancies for the opera tional rCDS shall be f j

G.As far as possible, the children under Prvx:iYshall be pr o v i d

with good food at the Centre itself.

7.All the State Gover~ments/Union Territories shall allocate fUI

- .~...for rCDS on the basis of norm of one rupee per child per day,

benef iciar ies per AWCand 300 days feeding in a year, i. e. ,

the same basis on which the Centre lOaJc.ethe allocation.

8.BPL shall not be used as an eligibility criteria for leDS.

9.All sanctioned projects shall be operatiooalised and pr ov

food as per these norms and wherever utensils have not

provided, the same shall be provided (Instance of Jharkhand ~.,

ha~ s been noticed in the Report where utensils have not

f orthwi t.h . (Ins tance of Ut tar Pz ade s h wbere vacancies ha v o

-'been filled up is quite alarming though in the affidavit .i t

bee n stated that a drive has been initiated to fill Uj

ve c ancLes ) .

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.O.All the State Governments/Union Territories shall utilise the

on t Lre State and Central allocation under ICOS/PMGYand under no

circumsLances, the ,same shall be diverted and preferably also noL

.r e t ur ned t.o the Centre and, if returned, a detailed explanationI

;for non-utilisation shall be filed in this Court.I

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\tAll State/Union Te~ritOrie.

the slums under rCDS.

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\ The Cen t.ra I Government and

shall make earnest effort to cover

the sta tes/Union Terri tories shallJ ·,1

nsure Lhut all amounts, allocated arJ sanctioned in time so that

here is no disruption whatsoever in the feeding of children.

\ Our attention has been drawn to what is stated at page 20

\1 iox 2 regarding failure of authorities to take appropriateI

on despi Le Conunissioner's intervention in the case of Madhya

:sh pertaining to the area mentioned therein and the non-

!I1L to the work force. We direct the s t.a t,e Gove r nmen t; to

~ make payment of wages to the labourers or file an affidavit

g detailed explanation within two weeks.

List the malLer after two weeks.'~

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sh K, Yadavu t, Master

~~ 1~1\4~V.P. Tyagi )Court Mastel'

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