HC issues direction to Govt. departments to remind subordinate employees to wear masks daily [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has directed the heads of all the government departments of the state to remind subordinate employees to wear the masks daily, compulsorily. This order has been given by a bench of Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar while dealing with the issues related to Covid-19.

The Court has directed the Authorities at the helm of affairs to take further action in the following manner:-

(i) All Heads of the Department in the whole State of U.P. should send reminders to their employees that they and their family members have to compulsorily wear masks. This should be done on a daily basis.

(ii) The State Police should itself wear masks religiously and also see that everyone in their vicinity wears the masks. Here it may be mentioned that the security personnel deputed outside the houses of various dignitaries have not been wearing their masks. They should wear their masks and also request people passing by them that they should also wear masks.

(iii) All shops even other than eateries shall ensure that the customers/ individuals who enter their premises shall wear their masks at all times. Needless to say that non-wearing of masks would invite penalty and prosecution.

(iv)The Advocate Commissioners appointed by this Court may continue to take photographs as have been taken by them in the past and the State Authority may take action on those photographs.

The Court has also issued instructions for making separate gates of Covid and Non Covid in SRN. The court said that separate gates for Covid and Non Covid should be constructed in Swarooprani Nehru Hospital. The Court has listed this matter on 14.10.2020 for next hearing.

Case Details

Case:- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 574 of2020

Petitioner: - In-Re Inhuman Condition At Quarantine Centres And For Providing Better Treatment To Corona Positive

Respondent: - State of U.P.

Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaurav Kumar Gaur, Aditya Singh Parihar, Amitanshu Gour, Jitendra Kumar, Katyayini,Rahul Sahai, Rishu Mishra, S.P.S. Chauhan, Satyaveer Singh, Shailendra Garg, Sunita Sharma, Swetashwa Agarwal, Uttar Kumar Goswami

Counsel for Respondent: - C.S.C., Dhiraj Singh, Hari Nath Tripathi, Purnendu Kumar Singh,
Satyavrat Sahai, Sunil Dutt Kautilya

Quorum: Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Ajit Kumar

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