Tribune News Service Amritsar November 29 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a resident of Attari village seeking appointment of a medical officer (MO) at Primary Health Centre (PHC) after the state government stated that a decision on representations made by the petitioner would be made soon. Harjinder Singh a resident of Attari had filed a PIL stating that the PHC at Attari did not have a medical officer as a result of which the residents of the border belt were facing problems in getting medical treatment. Singh stated that he had filed his first representation before the health authorities in 2015. He had then again filed the representations before the authorities concerned in 2018 and then again in 2019. He stated that residents of the area which is over 35-km away from the city were dependent on the PHC for their medical needs. Kanwar Pahul Singh legal counsel for the petitioner said the state government responded that the authorities concerned would consider the representations made by the petitioner earlier and convey the decision to him. The court also made it clear that it had not expressed any opinions on the merits of the case and respondent authorities would be at liberty to examine the matter keeping all facts and facets into consideration and therefore accept or reject the same in accordance with law.

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