JUDGMENT

M.S. Sonak, J. - Heard Mr. L. Raghunandan, the learned Counsel appointed under the Legal Aid Scheme for the Petitioner and Mr. Salkar, the learned Government Advocate for the Respondents.

2. Though several of the grievances raised in this Petition appear to be personal to the Petitioner, taking into account the balance reliefs, this Petition was directed to be registered as a public interest litigation.

3. The Petitioner, by instituting this Petition, seeks the following reliefs :

a) Issue a writ of mandamus or writ in the nature of a mandamus directing the respondents to provide facilities for video conferencing in IPHB OPD, wards and Goa Medical College Quarantine and Isolation wards and if possible in other wards too and in ESI designated Covid hospitals urgently, due the risk to lives of IPHB doctors if they are called to advise on patients there.

b) Issue a writ of mandamus or writ in the nature of a mandamus to the respondents to process the past correspondence of the petitioner specially his orders for financial upgradation as early as possible or atleast within one month and to provide replies within two months or as early as possible to the petitioners other correspon