Annual Report 2009-2010 4.172 While considering the ma�er, the Commission observed that the name “Chamaron Ka Vas”assigned to the village was highly derogatory. In a democratic country like India, the continuance of such a derogatory name was certainly a blot to the society. The Commission took up the ma�er with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India as well as with the State Government of Rajasthan. Accordingly, the Revenue Department of Government of Rajasthan issued a notification declaring that it had changed the name of the village from “Chamaron Ka Bas” to “Kuwan Ka Bas”. 30. Discrimination of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes in Jhabua, Ujjain, Katni and Sheopur Districts of Madhya Pradesh (Case No.186/12/0/09-10-FC) 4.173 The Commission took suo motu cognizance of a news report which appeared in the ‘Hindustan Times’ on 5 and 6 May 2009, highlighting discrimination against the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in four districts of Madhya Pradesh, namely, Jhabua, Ujjain, Katni and Sheopur by the State health functionaries. It called upon the Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh to give explanation on the said incident. The Director General (Investigation) of the NHRC was also asked to depute a team to visit the places mentioned in the news report for an on-the-spot inquiry and submit its report. 4.174 In response to the explanation sought by the Commission, the Additional Secretary, Scheduled Caste Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, denied all the allegations as baseless. Nevertheless, he informed that their Department had sought reports from the respective District Magistrates and other concerned Departments about the alleged incident. 4.175 A team from NHRC’s Investigation Division was simultaneously deputed to carry out on-the-spot inquiry in the districts of Jhabua and Ujjain from 25 May to 3 June 2009. During the course of their spot investigation, the NHRC team discovered that the school children of a particular village in Ujjain district were being served mid-day meal a�er queuing them up on caste basis. When this was brought to the notice of the district administration by the NHRC team, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the concerned teachers. 4.176 The Commission next considered the ma�er on 20 June 2009 and took a serious view of the entire issue. It directed the State to send a report of the action taken against the concerned school teachers expeditiously. Subsequently, a report was received from the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal but the same was merely a copy of the report already collected by the NHRC team from the office of the State Chief Secretary. 4.177 In the light of the above facts, another team from the Investigation Division of NHRC was sent for conducting spot investigation in the other two districts of Madhya Pradesh, namely, Katni and Sheopur from 7 to 11 September 2009. The team in its report submi�ed that caste based discrimination existed in primary and middle schools in some of the villages. The team, however, disapproved the allegation that the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students were allowed to take food only a�er the upper caste students had taken their food. The team did not find any truth in the allegation that Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students were not provided meals in plates. NHRC 43