Mahila Self Help Group - Piproul v. State of Chhattisgarh
Mid day meal assignment – cancellation without notice
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh HC, WPC No. 781 of 2022, decided 15/04/2025 by Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad. Mahila Self Help Group, Piproul challenged cancellation (order dt. 2.2.2022, Annexure P1) of its mid day meal assignment without notice/hearing, with work redirected to Ekta Women Self Help Group (respondent No.5). Petition disposed of, not on merits: petitioner remitted to the concerned Collector (Balrampur) for redressal; Collector to decide representation within 15 days, scrutinise carefully, and act on any anomaly in mid day meal supply; earlier stay order dated 14.2.2022 forwarded to Collector. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations and directions: petitioner to approach the concerned Collector for redressal of grievances; stay order dated 14.2.2022 forwarded to the Collector; Collector to examine the matter, pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, and decide the petitioner's application/representation within 15 days of production of a copy of the order; no order passed on merits.