JUDGMENT :

Sanjib Banerjee, J.

(Prayer: W.P.No.11653 of 2021 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to establish immediately number of special hospitals with Siddha and Homeopathy doctors / practitioners in all primary health centres in Tamil Nadu for treating the Covid-19 patients based on his representation dated 29.04.2021 as these two systems do not require highly sophisticated infrastructure as well as para-medical manpower.

W.P.(MD) No.8206 of 2020 filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to allot sufficient funds to set up an exclusive Siddha Treatment Facilities Centre for Covid-19 with proper inpatient facility ambience in every district of the State of Tamil Nadu.)

1. The petitioner seeks the setting up of exclusive Siddha treatment centres to tackle the Covid cases.

2. Fortunately, the second surge may have subsided though the trend over the last two or three days shows increasing infections and the figures are alarming as to the number of positive cases in a neighbouring State.

3. A status report has been filed by the Healt