DB dispose of PIL challenging constituting the Recipe Committee
JKUT (Jammu), December-20-2021-( JNF):- In Public Interest Litigation regarding the constitution of the various committees for the Anganwadi Centers and for laying down recipes for the mid-day meals to be provided therein.
A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani after hearing Adv Ankur Sharma disposed of the petition with the direction to the petitioners to make a comprehensive representation to the Secretary, Social Welfare Department.
The submission is that the impugned order dated 24.10.2019 issued by State Mission Director, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), J&K, Srinagar constituting the Recipe Committee and prescribing the recipe whereunder in age group six months to 3 years, the quantity and quality of oil and salt have been prescribed is in violation of the Decentralized Policy for Procurement of Supplementary Nutrition under ICDS scheme for Rural/Urban Areas issued by the Secretary to the Govt., Social Welfare Department.
DB observed that since the above policy has been issued by the Secretary, Social Welfare Department, if anything contrary to it is being done, it is for him to verify and to check the same.
DB disposed of the writ petition with the direction to the petitioners to make a comprehensive representation to the Secretary, Social Welfare Department regarding the violation of the above policy especially with regard to constitution of the recipe committee and the ingredients of the recipe provided therein, such as, oil and salt to be used for cooking the food within a period of two weeks from today.
DB further ordered that in the event, any such representation is made, the Secretary would consider it in the light of the above policy in vogue and take appropriate action as may be necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case.JNF