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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, Jyoti Singh, JJ.
Mohd Rizwan & Anr. - Appellants
Versus
Government Of Nct Of Delhi & Anr. - Respondents
Civil Writ Petition No. 5300 of 2021, Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 16309-16311 of 2021
Decided On : 28-10-2021
Grant of Educational Amenities - Petition for Relief of Educational Amenities for Children in JJ Basti - The court disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the request for grant of books and educational amenities to the children in JJ Basti.
Fact of the Case:
The petition sought relief for providing essential items, nutritious meals, survey of damaged property, medical aid, educational amenities, and livelihood assistance to affected families. The counsel submitted that aid has been given to a large extent, but children in specific areas lacked resources for education.
Finding of the Court:
The court disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the request for grant of books and educational amenities to the children residing in specific areas.
Issues: Relief sought for various essential items and aid for affected families, specifically for educational amenities for children.
Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was influenced by the specific submission regarding the lack of resources for education for children in certain areas, leading to the direction to consider the request for grant of educational amenities.
Final Decision: The court disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the request for grant of books and educational amenities to the children in specific areas.
JUDGMENT
D.N. Patel, CJ. - Present petition has been preferred seeking the following reliefs:
"a. Pass an order directing the respondent no.1 to provide the Essential items as mention in above para 23 of this petition to the affected families;
b. Pass an order directing respondent no.1, to provide age appropriate nutritious meals to affected children as per Schedule II of the National Food Security Act, 2013;
c. Pass an order directing respondent no.1 to conduct a survey of the damaged property of the affected residents and compensate them accordingly;
d. Pass an order directing respondent no.1 to provide medical aid to the affected residents;
e. Pass an order directing respondent no.1 to provide books, notebooks, pen, pencil and other educational amenities to the affected school going children;
f. Pass an order directing respondent no.1 to provide livelihood assistance to the affected families who lost their livelihood by fire;
g. Any other order deemfit and proper."
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioners, at the outset, submits that necessary aid to a large extent has been given to the Petitioners. However, the children residing in the JJ Basti, Jamia Nagar, Noor Nagar, Pahadi Jhuggi-128, South Delhi-110025, are unable to educate themselves due to lack of resources and, therefore, a suitable direction be given to the Respondents to consider the request of the Petitioners for grant of stationery, books etc., to the children, to enable them to study.
3. In view of the aforesaid submission, we dispose of the present writ petition along with the pending applications, with a direction to the Respondents to consider the request of the Petitioners for grant of books, etc., to the children residing in the JJ Basti etc. as aforementioned and take a decision as expeditiously as possible.
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