( 1 ) DR. Chander Prakash, MBBS, MS (Surgery) (hereinafter REFERRED TO to as the petitioner ) appears to be a public spirited person belonging to medical fraternity. Being a Surgeon himself, he has experienced the difficulties, obstacles and hurdies including inefficient and inadequate medical services, being faced by the victims of road accidents in the country. Due to non-availability of timely medical first aid and further treatment millions of such victims die on roads or face permanent disability leading to loss of vocation and hardships to family, this unhappy experience has disturbed the petitioner who addressed letter dated 29/06/2001 to Hon ble the Chief Justice pointing out the various defects in the system and the measures which should be taken to minimise such fatalities.

( 2 ) THIS letter was treated as writ petition in the category of Public Interest Litigation and notice was issued to the respondents. Mr. V. K. Shali appeared for the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

( 3 ) IN this petition, the petitioner has highlighted that even after 52 years of independence our country has not been able to develop organised trauma services and disaster management medical service