IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.12631 of 2011 Satya Narayan Jha, S/o Late Rameshwar Jha, Resident of Village-Bharatpur, P.S.-Keoti, P.O. Chatwan, Distt-Dharbangha. -----------------Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director, Health Services, Department of Health, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Superintendent, Darbangha Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai. 6. M/s Philips Medical System India Private Limited, Hasem Road, Calcutta-20 through its Managing Director. 7. Managing Director, M/s Philips Medical System India Private Limited, Hasem Road, Calcutta-20 ----------------------Respondents ------------------------ 2. 04.08.2011 Heard Mr. M.P. Gupta for the petitioner, and Mr. Devendra Kumar Sinha, learned Additional Advocate General No. 2. This writ petition is in the nature of a public interest litigation and has been preferred for the following reliefs. :- 1. This Public Interest Litigation application is being filed for the following reliefs:- I. Direction to the respondents authorities to take step to make following machines functional or replace it within stipulated time (1) Sono Diagnostic B/1200 multi-purpose sound imaging system (one quality) (2) Eco cardiogram and Electrogram sono Diagnostic (two quantity) 2 (3) Image intensifier Machine (two quantity) At Darbhangha Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai for the benefit of patients coming from different district of North Bihar in the Dharbangha Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai which is not functional for the last twenty three years ie 1984. No action has been taken by the state government. II. Direction to the respondent authorities to blacklist M/s Philips Medical System India Private Limited, Hasem Road, Calcutta-20 in view of letter No. 3045 dated 21.6.1988, letter no. 3937 dated 28.8.1988, letter no. 123 dated 31.8.1999, letter no. 68 dated 10.1.2000, letter no. 1221 dated 4.6.2000, letter no. 2282 dated 20.7.2000, letter no. 2497 dated 7.8.2000 including memo no. 1669 dated 23.5.2009 to M/s Philips Medical System India Private Limited, Hasem Road, Calcutta-20 by the Superintendent of Darbanhga Medical College and Hospital, Laheriasarai. III. And any other relief/reliefs as your lordship may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties. We must sound the requisite of caution that we are passing this order on the unilateral version of the petitioner without affording opportunity to the respondents to file their counter affidavits. Prima facie it speaks of a sorry state of affairs of such routine matters of governance are not 3 being attended to by the State Government and its functionaries in charge of the same, burdening this Court with such clearly avoidable matters. Taking note of the situation, learned Additional Advocate General No. 2 undertakes to bring the issues to the notice of the appropriate authorities for remedial measure expeditiously. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. Anand Kr. (S. K. Katriar, J.) ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)