s^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BiLASPUR BLE SHR1 BLE ,J. In the matter ofAnil Mi State of Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Kishore Bhaduri, learned Additional Advocate General for the State. >th The following order of the Court was passed by This writ petition came to be registered on communication received from one - Anil Mittal highlighting that in the State of Chhattisgarh there is no psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes as are required under the provisions of the Mental HealthAct, 1987. 2) ln the return fiied on behaif 6f the State, it has been stated that the State Government has sanctioned a sum of Rs.512.38 lakhs for the establishment of hundred bedded mental hospital at village Sendri, District Biiaspur; the construction of the said hospital Js in progress and She same is likely to be functionai in the year 2009. The return further reveais that as many as 12 /y^^ 1 ^ nursing homes have been granted ticence by the Dlrector, Medicai Education, State of Chhattisgarh for running psychiatric nursing homes ; Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehm Hospital, Raipur, Chhattisgsrh Snstitute of Medica! Sciences Bilaspur & Jagdalpur IVIedicai Coliege a!so have psychiatric wing with fuil treatment facilities; the State Government has already sanctioned the posts of 16 Psychiatrists in 16 districts ; De-addiction Centre is atso being run by the State of Chhattisgarh with the heip of Non- Governmentai Organlzation ; the State is taking care and is concerned about the protection and care of mentally retarded sick addicted persons, including men, women & children. 3) in view of the above mentioned steps aiready taken bythe State Government and proposed to be taken in future, we are satisfied that no further monitoring of the matter in this writ petitlon, now, is required. 4) The writ petition, thus, stands disposed of. Sd/- ChiefJustice subbu Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge