{"id":38432,"date":"2015-07-20T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38432"},"modified":"2015-07-20T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:55:15","slug":"supply-of-sub-standard-chikki-to-students-stopped-maha-to-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supply-of-sub-standard-chikki-to-students-stopped-maha-to-hc","title":{"rendered":"Supply of sub-standard chikki to students stopped: Maha to HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37785\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-gives-bail-to-retired-cop-in-harassment-case\/bombay-high-court-16\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bombay High court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Bombay-High-court.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Supply of sub-standard chikki to students stopped: Maha to HC\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supply of sub-standard chikki to students stopped: Maha to HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it had stopped the supply of &#8216;chikki&#8217; food snack to school students on July 10 following complaints that it was &#8220;sub-standard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a PIL filed by Sandeep Ahire seeking an inquiry by a retired high court judge into the alleged Rs 206 crore &#8216;chikki&#8217; scam.<\/p>\n<p>Justice V M Kanade, heading a division bench, observed that the government must have a sense of responsibility in matters involving children. The bench asked the state and other respondents to file a detailed affidavit by August 5.<\/p>\n<p>State Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde has been accused of irregularities in procurement of items worth Rs 206 crore, including chikki, a sweet savoury. It has also been alleged that the chikki, meant to be distributed to tribal students, had traces of clay.<\/p>\n<p>Munde had denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing today, the state said it had stopped the supply of &#8216;chikki&#8217; to school students on July 10.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s counsel, Srihari Aney, said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had assured that he would personally look into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The state Food and Drugs Administration had seized the entire stock meant for supply to Anganwadi (ashram residential schools), he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said the court had to address two issues &#8212; whether procedure was followed in the purchase of chikki item and if it was fit for consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner&#8217;s counsel Atul Damle referred to Pune FDA&#8217;s report which said that the chikki stock seized was &#8220;inedible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the high court had issued notices to the state government, Munde and others in response to the PIL which had sought a ban on distribution of chikki procured by the Women and Child Development Department.<\/p>\n<p>The petition also demands ban on manufacturing of chikki by three suppliers who had got the contract.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Munde and the government, other respondents include the Chief Secretary, the Commissioner of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and the three chikki manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL refers to media reports about Munde receiving a complaint from Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad about the chikki provided to tribal students under ICDS.<\/p>\n<p>It also mentions the allegation that Munde&#8217;s department placed orders for chikki, mats, books, dishes, etc, worth in total Rs 206 crore, on a single day without e-tendering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it had stopped the supply of &#8216;chikki&#8217; food snack to school students on July 10 following complaints that it was &#8220;sub-standard&#8221;. 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