THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 19459 OF 2011 Dated: 13.07.2011 Between: Master R.Nikhil Siddharth ..... PETITIONER AND Union of India and another .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.19459 OF 2011 ORDER : The petitioner, a student of Intermediate, has been selected for the National Bal Bhavan’s Bal Shree Honour, 2010 in the stream of creative scientific innovations. By letter dated 8.6.2011 the petitioner was informed that the award would be conferred by the Minister of State for Human Resources Development in the function scheduled to be held on 25.07.2011 and he was asked to report at National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi to receive the honour. The petitioner states that as per the Scheme of National Bal Bhavan, the Bal Shree Honour has to be conferred by the President of India or the First Lady at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan and every year, right from 1995 the honours are being conferred at Rashtrapathi Bhavan by the President of India. It is alleged that for the first time the 2nd respondent had deviated from the said practice by proposing to confer the Bal Shree Honours, 2010 at the premises of National Bal Bhavan by a Minister of State. Contending that the said action of the respondents in depriving the petitioner the opportunity to receive the honours in the Rashtrapathi Bhavan from the hands of the President of India is arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and contrary to Bal Shree Rules and the Notification/Brochure issued by the 2nd respondent, the present writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to confer honour to the petitioner through H.E. President of India, New Delhi. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the material available on record. At the outset, it is to be noticed that a copy of the Brochure issued by the National Bal Bhavan explaining the scheme under which the Bal Shree Honours are awarded has been placed before this Court along with the writ petition and it shows that the said awards are aimed at providing proper conditions for overall development of children’s personality by nurturing their creativity in four streams including ‘creative scientific innovation’. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that National Bal Bhavan is a registered society. Though it is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that National Bal Bhavan is under the control of Ministry of Human Resources Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of India, New Delhi, nothing could be placed before this Court to show that it is governed by any statute. The petitioner also failed to show that the scheme under which the Bal Shree Honours are awarded is formulated under the provisions of any Statute. Since the Scheme relied upon by the petitioner has no statutory force and no other material could be produced by the petitioner to show that the impugned action of the 2nd respondent is in violation of any statutory provision, it is not open to the petitioner to invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, the writ petition is not maintainable. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of granting leave and liberty to the petitioners to avail the appropriate remedy as available under law for redressal of his grievance. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 13.07.2011 Ivd