ASN 1 PIL-232.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.232 OF 2009 Mr. Vikas S.Dandvate. ..Petitioner. Vs. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and ors. ..Respondents. Mr. A.Y. Sakhare Sr. Advocate a/w P.J. Thorat i/by YKS Legal for the Petitioner. Mr.R.P.Behere, Addl. Govt. Pleader for Respondent Nos. 4 and 5. Mr. K.K.Singhavi, Sr. Advocate along with Mrs. Geeta Joglekar for Respondent BMC. Mrs. Madhavi Tawanandi along with Kum. Naveena Kumari for Respondent No.6 Union of India. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J. 21 September 2011 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. 3. According to the respondent Corporation, the present contractors have been awarded contracts for supply of Mid Day Meals till November 2012 and, therefore, the Corporation will initiate action for continuing tender process for the purpose of awarding contracts before expiry of the existing contracts. The learned counsel for the Corporation further states that the Corporation be permitted to go ahead ASN 2 PIL-232.sxw with the said process subject to compliance with the guidelines laid down by the State Government for the Mid Day Meal Scheme. 3. The Corporation may, therefore, continue with the present contractors. It is however, clarified that in case the Corporation receives any report regarding unsatisfactory performance of any contractor/s, it will be open to the Corporation to terminate such contract/s and allot the contract/s to another contractor/s. It is for the Corporation to monitor implementation of the contracts and also to consider the report of the committee constituted by circular dated 30 September 2009 Exh.5 to the affidavit dated 8 September 2011 of Mr. Arvind Hire, Dy. Municipal Commissioner (Education). 4 As regards the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that Mid Day Meal Scheme is only provided to the students in Municipal Schools and Govt. schools and not to students in private schools, it will be open to the petitioner to make such representation to the State Govt. and if such representation is made within four weeks from today, the State Govt. shall consider the same as expeditiously as possible and preferably within two months from the date of receipt of the same. 5 Subject to the above directions, the petition is disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J.