JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Narula, J.

1. Present petition, filed as a Public Interest Litigation, seeks the following reliefs:

"a) The Government of India, through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, should immediately stop all grants under "Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drug) Abuse".

b) The Government of India, through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, establish a monitoring and regulatory agency for controlling privately run alcohol and drug de-addiction and rehabilitation centres and act as a supervisory, policy making and facilitatory body with regard to treat of alcohol and drug addicts and their rehabilitation.

c) The "National Policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances" released in February 2012 should be implemented immediately and multiplicity of Ministries, Departments, Organisations, Agencies and NGOs should be forthwith brought under the monitoring and regulatory agency as prayed in (B) above.

d) "The Manual of Minimum Standards of Services" should be enforced strictly or within a given time-frame to ensure effective implementation of minimum standards of care in alcohol and drug de-addiction centre