Bengal govt’s Duare Ration Scheme not legally valid, rules Calcutta HC
2 years, 2 months ago

Bengal govt’s Duare Ration Scheme not legally valid, rules Calcutta HC

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The scheme was introduced by the Mamata Banerjee government in November, 2021, for delivery of food grains under public distribution system at the doorsteps of beneficiaries Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declared the ‘Duare Ration Scheme’ of the West Bengal government is ultra vires to the National Food Security Act, 2013 and is legally void. The division bench of Justices Chittaranjan Dash and Aniruddha Roy held that the ‘Duare Ration Scheme’ is “ultra vires of the National Food Security Act., 2013” and “is therefore a nullity in the eye of the law”. “The State Government has transgressed the limit of delegation by obliging the Fair Price Shop dealers to distribute the rations to the beneficiaries at their doorstep in absence of any authority to that effect in the enabling act, i.e, the National Food Security Act,” the division bench observed. On a petition by the fair price shop dealers the single bench of Justice Krishna Rao had on June 16 held that the state government’s decision to deliver food grains at the door steps of the beneficiaries “cannot be said to be in violation of any provision of the NFS Act.

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