IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION SHOW CAUSE NOTICE NO.304 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1295 OF 1994 National Addiction Research Centre ... Petitioner Vs The State of Maharashtra and others ... Respondents ALONGWITH WRIT PETITION NO.1527 OF 1994 Dr. Anant Phadke and others .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Ms. M. Kajale, Assistant Government Pleader for the State. Ms. J.N. Pandhi for the Union of India. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J., & S.A. BOBDE , J. DATE : 29TH SEPTEMBER , 2008 P.C.: Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai is present in court today. He regrets about the fact that counsel or any responsible officer was not present on behalf of the Government on the last occasion when the case was called out. He further states that appropriate steps will be taken by the Government to achieve the object of taking due precaution and ensuring that any mental challenged girl or lady is not subjected to surgical process without following the due procedure. He further states that he will personally look into the matter and inform the court of the steps, remedial or preventive, taken by the authorities concerned in that regard. 2. In view of the statement made by the Principal Secretary, we do not propose to take any action. The show-cause notice issued to him is discharged subject to the condition that appropriate affidavit will be filed within four weeks from today. Copy of the report be furnished to the counsel for the State. Stand over to 17th November, 2008. CHIEF JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE, J.