1. Heard Mr.R.Kaaruppan, the petitioner appearing in person in connection with his petition, which has been filed in public interest. In this petition, the prayer is for a direction upon the first and second respondents to extend the crop loan waiver scheme to all the farmers throughout India, irrespective of the area of lands held by them.

2. The main thrust in the argument is that the Government of India has announced a waiver of Rs.71,360 Crores of loan taken by the farmers. Various newspaper reports and materials from the internet have been annexed to the writ petition to show that the policy which has been formulated in working out this aforesaid loan waiver scheme benefits only farmers having land upto 5 acres. The petitioner submits that the aforesaid scheme, therefore, is discriminatory inasmuch as it excludes farmers having more than five acres of land from the benefit of the said scheme. The petitioner further submits that despite the announcement of such waiver scheme, suicides by farmers go on unabated.

3. It is contended that in the matter of distribution of its largesse, the Government cannot discriminate. And any scheme involving outlay of public funds