F k.' f .^ ZN mS HIGH COURT OF GHHATTISGARH AT BIIASPUR. WRIT PE'I'ITION N0. ^c}^' OF 2001 nSIT PETITIOK UHDSR ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE OONSTITUTION Op IHDIA IN THE NA2URB O? PUBLIO INTERSST LITIGATION. PSTITIONSR l^....-^?- ^^•:: ^ -<'""-. '> '• •y^ ^•••' ^^'/ Smt. Jhgrna Sarfcar W/o Amrit lal Sarkar ..aged about 25 years, Occupation Sarpanch, Village Panahayat- Hariharpur Block Koilibada, r£eh» Palthanjur , Dist-fc,, Kanker (C'nhattisasrh.) O-"T. ' ^i^^u ^ aBSPONDISNT 1. State of Chha-ttisqerh Through Sgcretary Sducationsl department Secretariat RaiDur (Ghhattisgarh). 2. Dspty Director Sducational department Kanker (0.5.5 3« Distriefc Educational Officer, Kanker (a.G.5 (Petitio.n in the nature of public Interest litiaa- ^ tion under artiele 226/227 of the Co-Bstitution of India, for issuance of an appropriate wri-fc direction and/or order). II,.ilt- —.—..L- XI-HC-22 ^"i ^TPTCTq, •g'^tWTS, 'fqRITHy ^ :P';'tWO':"gV5/2001 .."i^r^i lN?7a:nt?i t.^TRTTlft^ !a» 6-9-2001 ^Bpfe'ft^ T:niRif ^ fezt tfSp ^•arpOTST!^; Shri Shailesh Ahuj4, Advocate for the petitioner Shri Gautam Bhadar4> Govt. Advocate for the State/ respondents. | . Heard learned coun^el. Shri Ahuia submltsithat 3 cooies have been supplled f ' ' .' '• " '-" " • . • - ^- ^ to the State but inspite of that, reply has not been filed. The petitioner hasjfiled thls petition styling as Public Interest Litigation The petitioner submits that the State of Chhattlsgarh ^hould establish a new middle school in village Cbadipur^ It is stated that 636 students have submitted a represent^tion. A coay of the representation has been filed as AnnexurejP/l. It is stated that because <~' • • . there being no school, the|persons of the village are facing difficulty. The State Governmetlt has to be equally careful about tbe difficulties andiKanker being a trible district llteracy and education hasj to be there. The persons are. 1 CCTning forward for such a {iemand and it shows awareness ISSxstR^ Souasel £or petltibner submits that they have approached fpr goo<3 and public cause and in accordance a with the directions conta|Lned I:n Directive Principles , of State Pollcy xaa.der Part| IV o£ Constitutlon of India. Qr» N.K.Shukla, Dyi. Advocate General is present [^•^T^ Sli CI-HC-22 sn^^i 'I^TFB'ans?l StlHi^ "Bfel ^sr^i^icw, ^y'i<i, l3?roy !.P. No. 675/2001 •^ Zt sn^f g^iiwgitff Pfr-T •W:I?ff t? fS^t TfSRSTC ^ 3IRIIF 3Ilt?[ in Court. He is also heard. Having heard and c^nsida-ing the question, we ate o£ the opinion that th4 State being a welfare State shall do its best, aqd respondent no. l shall coosJ.der the matter aad dedision shall be takea as early as possible preferab.ljy within one montg from today keeping all factors Jjnto consideration. The decision shall be Semraunic^ted to the petitioner and -f any adverse decision is ^taken, the petitioners is at liberty to file petitionj afresh. The petitioner may also submxt copy of thijs arder along with copy of tbe petition. Subject to what has been stated above. the petltlon 1s disposed o£. j Security deposited.j if any, be refunded. Certi'fied photocopy! free of cost to both the parties. | Sd/- ChiefJustice Sd/- Fakhruddin Judge sihait/ r^^ sps^l