Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 3: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Viklang Chattra Trust regarding better care of old age home inmates, Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Virender Singh and Justice Ali Mohd Magrey has issued fresh directions to the Chief Secretary and others for strict compliance of the order dated July 2, 2013.
When the PIL came up for hearing, the DB observed, “compliance report has not been filed by the Chief Secretary in terms of the order dated July 2, 2013”.
On this, Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi submitted that in the old age home there are number of females, who are having medical problems because of their old age and some directions should be issued to Director Health Services to provide a female doctor and she can also be included in the School Health Check-up scheme so that she along with team of other doctors also visit the old age home twice a week.
Upon this, Division Bench directed Director Health Services to include the female doctors also in the School Health Check-up team and the team of doctors shall visit the old age home twice a week and a complete report in this regard shall be submitted to Director Health services on monthly basis.
Division Bench granted another two weeks time to Deputy AG ZS Wattali to submit the compliance report in terms of the order dated July 2, 2013 wherein Chief Secretary was directed to comply with earlier directions in which Division Bench had directed Chief Secretary to pass necessary orders to give effect to the recommendations of the Committee so as to meet the requirements as early as possible, preferably within a period of three weeks and file compliance report in the Registry of this Court.
The Committee, so constituted by the Chief Secretary in compliance of the directions passed by this Court, was directed to give status of the building condition in which the Old Age Home is housed at Ambphalla. Government was also directed to furnish details as to how many Old Age Homes are existing and functioning in other districts of the State and what was their status.
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