HC seeks status report on AIDS control programme

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 31: Dissatisfied with the report filed by Comptroller and Auditor General on implementation of AIDS control programme in the State, the High Court today directed the Government to file latest status report of last several years within a week.
A Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur observed the last report submitted in year 2006 does not disclose any effective data for controlling AIDS.
The Court observed the report shows complete “dissatisfaction” of the programme by the State.
The Bench was hearing a public Interest Litigation filed by a Law student in 2002 over the implementation of AIDS control programme in the State and other programmes for controlling leprosy and blindness.