Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to constitute, within 48 hours, a three-member Pandemic Public Grievance Committee (PPGC) in every district comprising one chief judicial magistrate (CJM) or a judicial officer, professor of a medical college and an administrative officer of the rank of additional district magistrate (ADM) to look into the grievances of the public with regards to difficulties faced in Covid treatment in the state.
The court further directed that in rural areas complaints can be made directly to the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of concerned tehsil, who shall transmit the same to PPGC. The committee will also take the trouble of looking into all the viral news itself.
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PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to constitute a three-member Pandemic Public Grievance Committee (PPGC) within 48 hours in every district to look into the grievances of the public on difficulties faced in Covid treatment in the state.
The committee should comprise a chief judicial magistrate (CJM) or a judicial officer, professor of a medical college and an administrative officer of the rank of ADM, the court said.
The court further directed that complaints be made directly to the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of tehsil concerned in rural areas, who will apprise the PPGC.
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the state election commission to rethink the amount of compensation for families of polling officers, who died due to -19 during panchayat elections, and observed that the amount must at least be to the tune of Rs one crore.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar n Tuesday made this observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the spread of the pandemic in the state and conditions of quarantine centres. To compensate the loss of life of the family s bread earner and that too because of a deliberate act on part of the State and the State Election Commission to force them to perform duties in absence of RT-PCR support, the compensation must be at least to the tune of Rs one crore. We hope that the State Election Commission and the government will rethink the amount of compensation and come back to us on the next date fixed, it observed.
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A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this observation while hearing a PIL on the spread of the pandemic in the State The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the amount of compensation for polling officers, who died due to COVID-19 during Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, is very less and the compensation must at least be to the tune of ₹1 crore. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the spread of the pandemic in the State and conditions of quarantine centres.
›At least one crore compensation should be given for death of polling officers due to COVID: Allahabad High Court
At least one crore compensation should be given for death of polling officers due to COVID: Allahabad High Court
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 11:31 AM IST
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A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar n Tuesday made this observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the spread of the pandemic in the state and conditions of quarantine centres.