Monday, January 24, 2011

Inspection Letter - Bihar


14th January 2011

The Chief Secretary
State of Bihar

Shri Gopal Singh
Advocate for State of Bihar


Sub:   Supreme Court of India
          Writ Petition (Civil) 196 of 2001
          PUCL Vs. UOI & Ors.

Sir,

You are aware that on 7.1.11 the Supreme Court made an order in the above matter with respect to Bihar which is as follows:

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has shown a number of photographs and filed a report pertaining to the night-shelters. According to the report, night-shelters have not been constructed or erected by the State of Bihar according to the norms. The photographs show that the night-shelters have not been properly erected and basic amenities have not been provided in the night-shelters. The capacity of the night-shelters is also not in consonance with prescribed norms. Mr. Gopal Singh, learned standing counsel appearing for the State of Bihar submits that he will take up the matter with the Chief Secretary of the State today itself and would ensure that all the 51 night-shelters in the State of Bihar are upgraded in consonance with the prescribed norms and basic amenities would be provided in these night-shelters. As a last opportunity, he prays for two weeks time to augment the facilities in the night-shelters.

The State of Bihar must appreciate the intense cold weather in the northern part of India is creating havoc for the poor shelter less people and it is absolutely imperative that these shelters must be upgraded and basic amenities in the night- shelters be provided on priority basis.

In the interest of justice, we grant two weeks' time to ensure that all night-shelters are erected in accordance with the prescribed norms and basic amenities are provided and compliance affidavit to this effect be filed by the Chief Secretary of the State of Bihar. All the concerned authorities are directed to seriously make efforts to comply with this order. After expiry of two weeks, there will be a joint inspection of these shelters and a report be submitted by this Court within a week thereafter.”

In accordance with the order dated 7.1.11, in the above matter, I write to inform you that the following persons from the petitioner’s side will take part in the joint inspection to be done of the homeless shelters in the state which is to commence from 21.1.11:

City
Petitioner’s representative - Name
Mobile
Email
Coordination all Cities

Rupesh

Advisor to the SC commissioners in the Right to Food case
09431021035
koshish_pt@yahoo.com
Patna
Ranjan Kumar Singh
09835017165 / 0612-2571702
Sasaram, Dheri, Gaya, Aurangabad
Santosh Upadhyaya (Community Action and Research Trust – Bandi Adhikar Andolan)
08986463504 / 09263370682
Patna
Babul Prasad
9431021505
Aara
Ramnath Thakur
9430269500


In case of any difficulty in contacting any of the above mentioned persons please contact:

Kavita Srivastava – 9351562965; Email – kavsriv@gmail.com
Indu Prakash Singh – 9911362925; Email – indu@igsss.net
Bipin K. Rai – 9999046469; Email – bipin@igsss.net
Sandhya – 9316718475; Email – sandhya@igsss.net

Since the matter is of utmost urgency and the joint inspection report is to be filed in the Supreme Court on 28.1.11 the joint inspection should not be delayed under any circumstance.

Sincerely


JYOTI MENDIRATTA
Advocate for Petitioner

Bihar


List of coordinator night-shelters
Representative of Advisor to the SC commissioners


City
Petitioner’s representative - Name
Mobile
Email
Coordination all Cities

Rupesh
Advisor to the SC commissioners in the Right to Food case
09431021035
koshish_pt@yahoo.com
Patna
Sanjay Singh, Researcher Patna Office
8986277817

Patna
Ranjan Kumar Singh
09835017165 / 0612-2571702
Sasaram, Dheri, Gaya, Aurangabad
Santosh Upadhyaya (Community Action and Research Trust – Bandi Adhikar Andolan)
08986463504 / 09263370682
Patna
Babul Prasad
9431021505




Aara
Ramnath Thakur
9430269500

Sasaram
Rajive Ranjan
9472595450

Dheri



Gaya
Father Jose Korea
Upendra
Ritwij
9431051659
9934068184
9934463192

Aurangabad



Muzaffarpur
Raju Singh
Subhodh Pandey
916278466
9835221662

Darbhanga
Viswanath Mishra
9934205898

Chhapra
Manoj Mishra
9939055347

Purnea
Ramchandra Pandit
9835012018
9473130789

Bhagalpur
Uday kumar
9431873219

Munger
Abhay Kumar
9934914326

Saharsa
Ram Lagan Nirala
9471693432


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