IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.1641 of 2009 Date of decision: February 2, 2009 Indra ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present : Mr. R.S. Budhwar, Advocate for the petitioner. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? AJAY TEWARI, J.(Oral) The petitioner has challenged the appointment of the private respondent as cook for the Mid-Day-Meal Scheme on the ground that she had not applied by the last date viz 31.07.2008 and the name of the petitioner was recommended by the Panchayat. It emerges that the husband of the petitioner is one of the Panches. The private respondent is a widow and it has been certified that she has no other source of income. It has also been brought on record that there is no last date prescribed for receipt of application forms. In the circumstances, the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the private respondent had not applied in time or that she was appointed on the recommendation of local MLA or that unsigned application form was accepted do not cut any ice. As per the instructions, such assignments should CWP No.1641 of 2009 -2- be given to a person from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Dalit and should have name in the BPL list. No doubt, the petitioner fulfills all these conditions yet it cannot be denied that the circumstances of the private respondent are more penurious than those of the petitioner. In these circumstances, I do not find it a fit case to interfere under Article 226/227. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. February 02, 2009 (AJAY TEWARI) sonia JUDGE