HC to hear PIL seeking AIIMS in Gorakhpur instead of Rae Bareli

Hearing the PIL on Tuesday,a division bench of Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice Dilip Gupta said,“Ordinarily,we are not inclined to add another PIL when one matter is pending consideration of the court. Learned counsel for the petitioner,however,submitted that in this PIL there is a different stand to the effect that setting up of All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Rae Bareli be stopped.”

It added,“Prima facie such negative prayer when the state is expected to set up such premier health institutions at maximum places does not appeal to us. However,let this writ petition be attached with. four matters pending from before.”

The court also said that it expected the Additional Solicitor General of India to represent the Union of India in these matters. The matter may come up for hearing again after three weeks,though the court has not yet fixed a specific date.

The PIL was filed by Jata Shanker Tripathi,a resident of Gorakhpur and activist,through counsels Siddhartha Verma and Hemant Kumar Dubey.