The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom has disposed of a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) filed for no comply with up of due means of legislation whereas allotting a medical store inside the premises of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar.
The petitioner claimed that the rules for opening new Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) weren’t adhered to within the allotment course of.
Throughout the listening to, the State counsel referred to a reply dated December 19, 2024, despatched by the Medical Superintendent of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital Advanced, Amritsar.
The reply acknowledged that the medical store was at the moment being run by the hospital’s staff, and subsequently, there was no must float any tender or commercial.
Contemplating the State’s stance, the Excessive Courtroom deemed it pointless to maintain the petition pending.
The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh disposed of the PIL with a route to the respondent authorities, stating that when a non-public particular person or company is allotted the medical store, the process laid down within the tips should be adopted.
