2001 Supreme(SC) 1772
B.N.KIRPAL, ASHOK BHAN
People's Union for Civil Liberties – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Colin Gonsalvez, Dr. Yug Chaudhary, Mr. Jawahar Raja, Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Aparna Bhat, Ms. Usha Pulu.
For the Respondents: Mr. Soli J. Sorabjee, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, Ms. Indra Sawhney.
For the State of Orissa : Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Ms. Sandhya Goswami, Mr. M.P.S. Tomar.
For the State of Himachal : Pradesh Mr. Naresh K. Sharma.
For the State of Uttranchal : Ms. Rachana Srivastava.
For the State of Assam : Ms. Asha G. Nair, Ms. Krishna Sarma, Mr. V.K. Sidharthan.
For the State of Uttar Pradesh : Mr. Ajay K. Agrawal, Ms. Alka Agrawal, Mr. Ashok K. Srivastava.
For the State of Karnataka : Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Mr. Satya Mitra.
For the State of Sikkim : Mr. A Mariarputham, Ms. Aruna Mathur, Mr. Anurag D. Mathur, M/s. Arputham, Aruna.
For the Govt. of Pondicherry : Mr. V.G. Pragasam.
For the State of Arunachal Pradesh : Mr. Anil Shrivastav.
For the State of Meghalaya : Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee.
For the State of Nagaland : Mr. S.K. Shandilya, Ms. V.D. Khanna.
For the State of Goa : Ms. A. Subhashini.
For the State of Punjab : Ms. Jayshree Anand, Mr. G. Sivabalamurugan, Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Mr. R.S. Suri.
For the State of Maharashtra : Mr. S.S. Shinde, Mr. S.V. Deshpande.
For the State of Manipur : Mr. K.H. Nobin Singh.
For the State of Gujarat : Mr. P. Chidambaram, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Sumita Hazarika.
For the State of Madhya Pradesh : Mr. Satish K. Agnihotri, Mr. Anil K. Pandey, Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh.
For the State of Chhattisgarh : Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Mr. Prakash Shrivastava.
For the State of Tripura : Mr. Gopal Singh.
For the State of Kerala : Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R.
For the UT of Chandigarh : Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Ms. Shomila Bakshi, Ms. Aishwarya Rao.
For the State of West Bengal : Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma.
For the State of Tamil Nadu : Mr. P.N. Ramalingam, Mr. V. Balaji.
For the NCT Delhi : Mr. Ashok Bhan, Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Mr. D.S. Mahra.
For the UT of Andaman and Nicobar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweeep : Mr. Ashok Bhan, Mr. K.C. Kaushik, Mr. D.S. Mahra.
For the State of Haryana : Mr. C.S. Ashri, Mr. Mahabir Singh.
For the State of Andhra Pradesh : Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Mr. K. Subba Rao, Mr. B.S. Banthia.
ORDER :
1. With reference to this Court's direction dated 3rd September, 2001 requiring 16 States and Union Territories who, according to the learned Attorney General, had not identified the below poverty line families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, to identify, we are not satisfied that any such exercise in the right earnestness has been undertaken. Some of the States mention that the exercise is underway. Considering the seriousness of the matter, one further opportunity is granted to these 16 States and Union Territories to comply with the Central Government's directions within three weeks and to inform the Central Government about the number of below poverty line families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana which they have identified. Copies of the communication said by the said 16 States/Union Territories should also be forwarded to the Attorney General who will inform the Court on the next date of hearing whether compliance has been made or not.
2. In I.A. No. 8/2001 at pages 66-68, certain schemes of the Central Government are mentioned which are required to be implemented by the State Governments. These schemes are: Employment Assurance Scheme which may have been replaced by a
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