Chandigrh :
Advocate H.C.Arora demaned D-Registration of Navjivini School of Special Education, Sular (Patiala)
City Advocate seeks action against Navjivini School of Special Education, Sular (Patiala) for storing expired juice for consumption by mentally retarded children. Advocate H.C. Arora has today sent demand notices to (i) Chairperson, National Trust for welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, New Delhi (via e-mail); (ii) Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, New Delhi, and Deputy Commissioner, Patiala (Punjab),demanding de-registration of Navjivini School of Special Education, Sular (Patiala) with the “National Trust for Mentally Retarded”, and for recovering all the grants given to this School by “National Trust for Mentally Retarded”, with interest, for maltreatment of the mentally ill and mentally retarded children. Arora has referred to news reports of March 11th, published in almost all news papers to the effect that that on March 10TH, 2014, a team of District Health Department conducted a surprise raid at one of the organization registered with the ‘National Trust for Mentally Retarded”, namely Navjivini School of Special Education, Sular, District Patiala (Punjab) , and seized expired boxes of fruit juice from the store of the said School. As per news reports published in various newspapers, 150 cartons of expired juice were lying in the store. These cartons carried the date of manufacturing as June, 2013, and their expiry date had already lapsed about two months ago. Samples taken by the team have been sent to Chandigarh laboratory for testing. Remaining cartons of juice have been destroyed. It is worth noticing that, 175 students are studying, and 43 students stay in the Hostel, in this School. In a separate demand notice sent to DC, Patiala, and Civil Surgeon, Patiala, Arora has called upon them to take steps for prosecution of the Management of this School under the provisions of Section 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, for storing such huge quantity of unsafe food, for consumption by mentally ill and mentally retarded children. The aforesaid provision prescribes a sentence of imprisonment upto six months and also a fine of Rs. One lac for storing “unsafe food” by any person, for purpose of human consumption. Arora has stated in the demand notice that if the addressees do not take any appropriate steps for meeting his demand within 2 weeks, in that situation, he would be left with no other option except to file a PIL in the High Court, for redressal of his grievances.
Food Safety in colleges, schools needs to be monitored as young children should not be subjected to poisoning because of careless attitude of the school administration.
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