Summary:
He sought quashing of the scheme as ‘it was drawing huge public money from the contingency fund of the state’. Under the scheme, Rs 10,180 crore will be spent over three years until 2020-21.The petition has alleged that promoting the scheme is ‘illogical’, ‘arbitrary’, ‘capricious’, ‘discriminatory’ and ‘unconstitutional’. Besides, Naveen had justified the scheme calling it a better option than a loan waiver . The state government has reportedly withdrawn more than Rs 734 crore from its contingency fund for the implementation of the scheme.The petition was filed by the Bhubaneswar-based human rights activist, Subash Mohapatra, 46. “The bench further directed an expeditious hearing on the matter,” Das added..