By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, April 8: A division bench comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the AP High Court on Monday directed the state government to submit a report in a plea challenging the action of the government in sanctioning funds for the medical treatment to former minister S. Sailajanath.
Questioning how public funds can be given away in such a manner, the Bench asked the government to explain the kind of treatment for which the funds were granted.
Mangilal Vankodhuth, a resident of the city, moved the PIL stating that the government had issued the GO on February 17, by sanctioning Rs 43.66 lakh for treatment to Mr Sailajanath as he had a tumour. The former minister was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NJ, USA.
The petitioner contended that the action of the government was illegal as Mr Sailajanath is neither a poor nor economically backward. The bench granted three weeks to the government file its report.
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