In the High Court ofJudicature of Chattisgarh at Bilaspur. Petitioner : Dr.Pratap Advocate, Agrawal Main Road, s/O late Jagdalpur. BN Agrawal, 494001. aged 60 years, ww~ LggzoS Versus l. State of Chattisgarh through : Chief Secretary Mantralaya, Raipur. Collector South Bastar District, Dantewada‘. to Government, Public Interest Litigation under Art 226/227 Cox nstitution of India. 0"? i ex E'L‘p’l‘Fc. QQ’FQ ’r(m R ‘7H/ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIV!S!0N BENCH CORAM: ‘ HON’BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, C.J. HON’BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Writ Petition No.183l2005 Letter petition Present : Shri Manindra Shrivastava, learned Senior Advocate with Smt Smitha Ghai, iearned amious curiae for the petitioner. Shri Vinay Harit, learned Deputy Advocate Genera! for . the State. ORDER (1 0‘“ Aprii, 2008) The foiiowing order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Learned counsel for the parties are heard. 2) This writ petition came to be registered on the petition sent by petitioner - Dr Pratap Agrawai, highlighting the poor health and hygienic conditions in village Burgum, district Dantewada‘ 3) In the counter affidavit and supplementary counter affidavits filed on behalf of the State, the steps taken and proposed to be taken by the State for improving the health and hygienic conditions in the State in general and in village Burgum in particular i l r i Petitioner Dr Pratap AgrawaE Versus Respondent State of Chhattisgarh & Another have been spelt out. counter affidavit dated 18.03.2008 read as follows : Paras No.7 to 11 of the supplementary “7. ln Distt. Dantewada, VillBurgum i.e. affected area new made Sub Health Centre has been established in order to take up better coverage of over all health services through trained health employees. 8r Block Kuakonda is equipped with Community Health Centre having three Primary Health Centres namely Kirandool, Palnar and Potali in its area of jurisdiction in the affected area and efficient health services are being provided continuously to the needy. The copies of above said different level health institutions run by the Government of Chhattisgarh are being annexed herewith collectively as ANNEXURE D - 2. 9. As per recent Health Status Report dated 22.02.2008 received from Chief Medical & Health Officer, Dantewada. No case of death from malnutrition has been reported in Vill Burgum, Block Kuakonda in year 2005—06, 2006-07 and uptill January 2008. Simultaneously, no death from spread of epidemic has been reported in affected area during abovesaid period. The copy of abovesaid letter is being annexed herewith as ANNEXURE D — 3 10. That, the respondent State has made provisions for rendering health care facilities to the population residing around Vili.Burgum. There are various health institutions namely; Sub Health Centre Potali, PHC Potali, SHC Aranpur Ayurvedic Dispensary Aranpur, SHC Madenda, PHC Palnar, PHC Kirandooi, NMDC Hospital Klrandool, CHC Kuankonda & District Hospital Dantewada. 11. in affected‘xVillage Burgum (Kuakonda Block) new Sub Health Centre is opened along with posting of Male and Female Health Worker and Sub Health Centre has been well equipped with required instruments and medicinal facilities in order to provide health care facilities to needy including adjoining area. The letter of Chief Medical Officer, Dantewada dated‘15.02.2008 in this regard is annexed herewith as ANNEXURE D — 4 @ On due consideration of the steps already taken and proposed t0 be taken by the State, we are satisfied that no further monitoring’of the matter in this writ petition, now, is required. 5) The writ petition, thus, stands disposed of. ‘ Sd/— Sunii Kumar Sinha Judge 4) Sd/— C'hief Justice \padma