Allahabad HC Directs Govt To Establish District Level Committees To Supervise Functining Of Quarantine Centers [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Saturday directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to constitute a three-member Committee in every district so as to ensure that persons who have completed their Quarantine period and have tested Covid-negative are released forthwith. The direction was passed in PIL moved by Delhi-based lawyer Shaad Anwar who pointed out that the members of Tablighi Jamat, who had completed their quarantine period, were not being released by the state. The bench comprising of Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed, "we direct the State Government to ensure that the persons, who have completed their quarantine period be released forthwith from the Quarantine Centers provided they have tested negative and there is no legal impediment in releasing them. We, further direct the Chief Secretary, State of Uttar Pradesh to set up a three members committee in every district to ensure smoother, greater and more effective functioning of the Quarantine Centers." The Committee will also be responsible to provide help, assistance, guidance in the wake of difficulties and problems faced by the persons, who are quarantined and further ensure that the persons, who have completed quarantine period, are released forthwith provided they have tested negative after completing quarantine period and there is no legal impediment in releasing them.