Annual Report 2009-2010 4.178 Nevertheless, the NHRC team found that in some places the Scheduled Caste students were not allowed to enter the school kitchen and they were also not allowed to drink water from the pot kept in the kitchen. The spot investigation report highlighted an incident wherein upper caste students of a certain school had stopped taking meals once they learnt that it had been prepared by a Scheduled Caste woman. In another incident, it was discovered that due to mounting pressure from upper castes, two Scheduled Caste women cooks had to be replaced. 4.179 The allegation that doctors and nurses discriminated Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe patients was not found to be true by the NHRC investigation team. But it observed that some of the Self-Help Groups operating at the village level differentiated persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and many of the officials working at the grassroots lacked sensitivity towards them and their problems. 4.180 The team from the Investigation Division recommended that the District Magistrates of Katina and Sheopur may possibly be directed to take measures to prevent caste-based discrimination existing in some of their schools as well as among the Self-help Groups. Despite continuous reminders by the NHRC, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has taken no action in the ma�er. 4.181 Consequently, the Commission on 5 March, 2010 directed the Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh to submit an action taken report on the incidents which came to light during the spot investigations conducted by the Investigation Division team of NHRC. 4.182 The action taken report from the Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh is awaited by the NHRC. (f) Atrocities on Women & Children 31. Suo motu Cognizance of News Report Concerning Death of Two School Children and a Volunteer (Case No. 362/1/13/07-08) 4.183 The Commission on 27 June 2007 took suo motu cognizance of a news report captioned as “Mugguru Mingina Badi Bhojanam” which appeared in Telugu Daily ‘Andhra Jyoti’ dated 18 June 2007. As per the report, two school children and one teacher of RBC School in Papannapeta village of Medak District in Andhra Pradesh died in the night a�er they had consumed the le� over mid-day meal served to children in the a�ernoon. The Commission called for the report from the Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 4.184 As per the report dated 11 December 2008 received from the Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Commission learnt that an NGO named Sapandana Rural Development Society was entrusted with the responsibility of distributing mid-day meal to the children of RBC School situated in Papannapeta in November 2006. On 17 June 2007, two children belonging to the school, namely, Desari Jayamma, and L.Vasantha, aged 9 years, and one volunteer Shri N. Anjaneyulu, aged 42 years, had fallen sick and they all died on the next day in hospital while undergoing treatment. The hospital authorities suspected that the death was on account of snake bite and not food poisoning. The police too claimed that the deaths were accidental due to snake bite. 44 NHRC