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| DB disposes off PIL challenging constitution of recipe committee | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 20: A division bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani disposed of a PIL with the direction to the petitioners to make a comprehensive representation to the Secretary, Social Welfare Department. The PIL was filed 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. The submission was 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 where under in age group six months to three 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, Social Welfare Department. The DB observed that since the above policy has been issued by Secretary, Social Welfare Department, if anything contrary to it is being done, it is for him to verify and to check the same. The DB disposed off the writ petition with the direction to the petitioners to make a comprehensive representation to 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. |
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