The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday termed as ‘sorry state of affairs’ the State government’s failure to install an MRI scan machine at Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (DIMHANS) even though it is more than two years since the court issued direction for installation of the machine.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar made these observations while giving time till April 21 for the Government to install and operationalise the machine, which was delivered to DIMHANS on March 28 on being imported from the U.S.
Taking serious note of the breach of assurance given to the court on March 3, 2022 that the machine would be installed by March 30, the Bench dictated the order to withhold disbursement of salary to Naveen Raj Singh, Principal Secretary, Medical Education Department, till the machine is installed and operationalised.