ORDER :

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA)

1. This Court thought fit to take suo motu cognizance of an article dated 18th December 2020 published by the Indian Express News Service. The article referred to above reported as regards a survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and the UNICEF, Gujarat, with respect to the various problems and hardships faced by many households during the period of lock-down, more particularly, the hardship that was caused on account of the sudden stoppage of the mid-day-meals in the Government schools. The order passed by this Court dated 18th December 2020 reads thus:

“The Indian Express News Service, Ahmedabad, in its article dated December 18, 2020, has reported something very serious, which calls for the immediate attention of the State Government.

It has been reported that a survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and the UNICEF Gujarat revealed that among the households which had children enrolled in the Government schools, 85 per cent of the parents reported that they w