may not wish to have their children educated in State run schools. They have necessarily to charge fees from the students. In this judgment, however, we do not wish to say anything about such schools or for that matter other private educational institutions except "professional colleges'. This discussion is really necessitated on account of the principles enunciated in Mohini Jain [ : AIR 1992 SCW 2100], and the challenge mounted against those principles in these writ petitions.

12. If rule 20 of the Rules of 1966 is to be read in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy, particularly, Articles 39 and 46 and Fundamental Right of Equality guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, it means, that it is necesary to the department to provide mess facility to the students of SC/ST category residing in hostels. The students can reimburse the amount of hostel expenditure from their scholarship, if it is reasonable, because the students have to spent some amount on their studies, conveyance and clothes, if parents of the students are below poverty line (BPL Card holders). It is also a fact that large number of posts are lying vacant in the State Government services of SC/ST candidates due to non-availability of suitable candidates. Even, looking to the specific provisions of reservation made in the Constitution for SC/ST and backward class candidates, due to their financial status from centuries, it is obligatory on the part of the State to bear expenses in regard to food facility of students up to certain extent. 13. The petitioner in the additional affidavit has stated that he visited the post matric hostels at Gwalior city and found that not a single student is getting any food because there is no mess facility provided in those hostels. The respondent-State in its return also admitted the fact that it is not obligatory or mandatory on the part of the State to provide mess facility in the post matric hostels. In our opinion, provision of mess facility is necessary in order to provide proper education to students of SC/ST category. 14. Rule 18 of the Rules of 1966, quoted above in this order, prescribes that there should be mess facility in each and every hostel, whether it is pre-matric or post-matric. The mess facility is also necessary in view of Article 39of the Constitution. 15. Consequently, this petition is disposed of with a direction that the respondents shall provide the mess facility to each and every post-matric hostel and for the aforesaid purpose an amount of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five hundred) only from Scholarship of the students could be deducted and, if any further amount is required, then, it has to be paid by the department. It will be mandatory to the respondents to provide two meals and morning breakfast from the mess to every student residing in the hostel. This order would be applicable to the hostels situate within the jurisdiction of this Bench and be complied with within a period of six weeks. A compliance report to this effect be submitted to the Registry of this Court. Looking to the facts of the case, and the fact that the petitioner has brought a good cause before this Court, hence, the respondent-State is directed to pay a cost of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand) only to the petitioner.