THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO WRIT PETITION NO.22738 OF 2010 Dated: 26.10.2010 Between: Report of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Adilabad. ..Petitioner And 1. The Director, IIIT, Basara, Nizamabad District and others. .. Respondents. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO WRIT PETITION NO.22738 OF 2010 ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri. Justice A. Gopal Reddy) The report of the District Legal Services Authority, Adilabad dated 31.7.2010 on the clipping published in Eenadu Telugu Daily News paper, Adilabad Edition, dated 19.7.2010, is taken up as writ petition for the purpose of removing unhygienic conditions faced by the pupil of IIIT at Basara, in the hostel and mess, including the lack of proper medical facilities, which resulted in death of one P. Laxman, Student on 15.3.2010. The Director of IIIT, Barasa filed a counter on behalf of the respondents regarding the steps taken for the maintenance of cleanliness, hygiene in the campus, hiring of house keeping personnel for cleaning dining hall and kitchen and providing medical facilities to the students, who are now staying in the hostel. The important steps that are said to have been taken to improve the water and infrastructural facilities in the campus, are enumerated in paragraph No.9 of the counter as under: 1. R.O plant connectivity provided to the new mess. Aqua guards water connection has been given to new hostels; 2. Roof leakage in the new Mess have been rectified and repaired. 3. For campus, summer storage tanks for additional land acquisition discussions are taking place with the RDO, Nirmal and Adilabad District Collector (125.9 acres adjacent to the campus and 32.26 acres of land near the Basar railway station.) 4. Additional over head tanks, four Girls Hostels and six Boys hostels were constructed and the connections have been given to the sumps. 5. A 12 lakh liter capacity sump constructed near the new Boys hostel; 6. Additionally we are getting more water from RWS Bhainsa and Yamcha. Now we are getting around 10 lakh of litres of water per day as against 4 lakh liters per day previously; 7. 8 Additional water coolers with aqua guard connections have been given to academic block; 8. Repair of water coolers in the hostels and old academic block have been taken up; 9. Additional Hostel rooms, 151 in Boys Hostel and 96 in Girls Hostel were handed over; 10. Additional Toilet blocks in Hostels; 16 more in girls hostel (increased from 16 to 32 in Girls Hostel) and in the Boys Hostel increased from 20 to 32 in Boys Hostel; 11. White paint to the walls have been made to the hostels; 12. 24 additional water coolers with aqua guards water connections have been given to hostels; 13. Roads are being constructed in the Campus; 14. New Power sub station installation is under progress; 15. New Academic blocks construction is under progress; 16. Power back up (Generator) connection has given to the New Mess and New Academic Block; 17. One Doctor has been appointed from 1.6.2009 to 31.5.2011 on consolidated pay of Rs.9,000/- per month and he has joined duty and a notification was given for regular appointment; 18. More Emergency medicines have been procured with the refrigerator facility and oxygen cylinder; 19. One more staff nurse has joined; 20. Additional faculty have joined; 21. ‘108’ ambulance facility has been permanently placed in the Campus; 22. Health camps were conducted to the students; 23. House keeping personnel increased to 100 and Security Personnel to 108. The contentions raised in the counter as to the steps mentioned at paragraph 9 of the counter, make it clear that the respondents have already taken necessary steps for the improvement of the hygienic conditions and also for providing medical facilities in the emergency. However, in the interest of the welfare of the pupil, we feel it just and proper that there should be some vigilance by the District Authorities every month to examine whether the steps that are said to have been taken in the counter, are being implemented or not. Accordingly, the District Collector along with the District Judge shall visit the hostel and the IIIT campus on every second Saturday for a period of six (6) months commencing from the month of November, 2010 and examine as to whether the steps as mentioned in the counter, are being implemented in its letter and spirit and submit the report periodically to the Registry of this Court. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________________ Justice A. Gopal Reddy ___________________ Justice Raja Elango Date: 26.10.2010 Nn THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO WRIT PETITION NO.22738 OF 2010 (Order delivered by the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) Dated: 26.10.2010