EVERY BENEFIT CONFERRED ON ANY INDIVIDUAL MUST BE MADE PUBLIC BY GOVERNMENT

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JUSTICE G.S. Singhvi, & JUSTICE Asok Kumar Ganguly in  Akhil Bharatiya Upbhokta Congress v. State of Madhya Pradesh and others reported in HELD :  Every action/decision of the State and/or its agencies/instrumentalities to give largesse or confer benefit must be founded on a sound, transparent, discernible and well defined policy, which shall be made known to the public by publication in the Official Gazette and other recognized modes of publicity and such policy must be implemented/executed by adopting a non- discriminatory or non-arbitrary method irrespective of the class or category of persons proposed to be benefited by the policy. The distribution of largesse like allotment of land, grant of quota, permit licence etc. by the State and its agencies/instrumentalities should always be done in a fair and equitable manner and the element of favouritism or nepotism shall not influence the exercise of discretion, if any, conferred upon the particular functionary or officer of the State