On Wednesday, the Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences (IHBAS) submitted before the High Court of Delhi, which was hearing public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to fill the pending vacancies, that it has started the process of recruitment of doctors and faculties.

However, a division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel & Justice Prateek Jalan, directed IHBAS to complete the process expeditiously & disposed of the PIL seeking directions to fill the pending vacancies of faculty & medical staff in order to tackle the rise in the Psychiatric & Psychological cases in the country more effectively.

The petition, filed by social activist advocate Amit Sahni, said that the shortage of doctors and medical staff at IHBAS is a matter of serious concern & the responsible respondents have completely failed to tackle the same since long.

Lawyer Devender Verma, appearing for the Delhi Govt, apprise the Court that the IHBAS has on Sept 1 already issued a notification regarding the fulfillments of 45 posts of doctors and facilities.

The petition also sought directions to the respondents to redress the promotion related issues & other inconvenience faced by the doctors/faculty of IHBAS to curtail the increasing number of resignations of faculty numbers as it alleged that the respondents have also failed to redress the issue of non-promotion of the faculty posted at IHBAS and the doctors and healthcare professionals working at IHBAS have not been promoted for the last 10 years.

Sahni, through the plea, also mentioned that IHBAS at present working with a faculty of 25 faculty against 103 faculty members & added that the shortage of faculty has arisen since several years & the issues of the doctors and faculty members.

It mentioned that India's coronavirus crisis has pushed millions into forced isolation & unemployment, due to which anxiety, depression & suicide are on the rise & that mental health could be the country's next crisis.

The plea stated that "There is no health without mental health underlines the fact that mental health is an integral & essential component of health. Mental health, hitherto neglected, is now recognised as a critical requirement & is engaging the attention of policy-makers, professionals & communities in India & across the globe".

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