WPPIL/65/2021
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             IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND
                                  AT NAINITAL
                 THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI VIPIN SANGHI
                                          AND
                        THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.C. KHULBE


                 WRIT PETITION (PIL) NO. 65 OF 2021

                             25TH AUGUST, 2022

BETWEEN:
In Re Price Capping of CT Scan and Oxygen Concentrators as
Essential Commodity
                                                                         .....Petitioner.
And

State of Uttarakhand & another                                     ....Respondents.

Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, learned amicus curiae.

Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2:            Mr.      Anil   K.     Bisht,       learned
                                                   Additional           Chief         Standing
                                                   Counsel.

Counsel for the Respondent Nos.3 to 5:             Mr.      V.K.   Kaparuwan,          learned
                                                   Standing Counsel.

The Court made the following:

JUDGMENT:(per Hon'ble The Chief Justice Sri Vipin Sanghi)

This petition was registered in public interest on the

communication of Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Advocate, raising

three issues, namely oxygen concentrators not being

classified as "essential commodity"; capping of price of CT

Scan, and; use of fake and forged RT-PCR test results to

circumvent the Standard Operation Procedures.

2. The writ petition was registered in May, 2021 when

the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic was raging.

3. With the passage of time, and in the light of the

action taken on the grievances raised by Mr. Singh, this

petition has now become infructuous. However, actions which

taken been taken in pursuance of the directions issued by this

Court shall be taken to their logical end.

4. The writ petition stands disposed of.

(VIPIN SANGHI, C.J.)

(R.C. KHULBE, J.) Dated: 25th August, 2022 NISHANT