The Punjab government has issued a show cause notice to the principal health secretary for not taking up the issue of the IVF treatment availed by slain singer Sidhu Moose Wala's mother with the chief minister and the state health minister.
Terming it a "serious lapse," the Punjab government has issued a show cause notice to the principal secretary, health, for not taking up the issue of the IVF treatment availe💃d by slain singer Sidhu Moose Wa꧅la's mother 🏅with the chief minister and the state health minister.
The CM Bhagwant Mann-led state government asked Ajoy Sharma, the principal secretary, health, to show cause within two weeks as to why proceedings under the All India Services (Disciplin🥀e and Appeal) Rules, 1969 should not be initiated against him.
The development came after Balkaur Singh, the father of Sidhu Moosewala, accused the Punjab government of harassing him over the birth of his second son.
"Minis✨try of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, sought a report from you regarding IVF treatment of Charan Kaur [Sidhu Moosewala's mother]ꦬ. In light of the provisions of Rules of Business, 1992 and given the significance of the issue involved, you were required to bring it to the notice of your minister-in-charge and chief minister and take their orders regarding further course of action," the notice, cited in a news agency PTI report, stated.
The notice further said: "However, you proceeded to act in the matter without bringing this issue to the notice of your minis💯ter-in-charge and chief minister♌ and without taking any orders from them."
"This is a serious lapse on your part," it said.
Hence, you are asked to show cause within two weeks as to why proceedings under the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969 should not be init𒊎iated against🐼 you," it added.
Late singer Sidhu Moose Wala's parents Balkaur Singh and his wife Charan Kaur welcomed a baby boy on March 17, nearly two years after he was shot🌟 dead in Punjab's Mansa di𒅌strict.
The couple had opted for the In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) method. Moosewala🎉's father is a♛ged around 60 while Kaur is 58 years old.
The Union Health Ministry wrote to the state gov𓃲ernment on🎃 March 14, seeking details of Kaur's IVF treatment while citing a media report on her pregnancy.
"Under Section 21 🃏(g) (i) of the Assiℱsted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, the age limit prescribed for a woman going under assisted reproductive technology is 21-50 years.
"Therefore, you are requested to look into the matter and submit a report to this department of the action taken in this case as per the ART (Regulation) Act, 2021," th🗹e letter written by S K Ranjan, Director, Department of Health Resear⛦ch under Health Ministry
The letter was written to the pr♐incipal secretary, hea🎐lth, Punjab.
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh on Wednesday had said it was the Centre that wrote to th🐭e state government on the matter and maintained 🧸that the AAP-led Punjab dispensation did not harass the family.