The bidding for selection of consultant would be opened on October 3, 2007. "The project management committee had approved the expression of interest (EOI) for selection of project management consultants for construction of six AIIMS-like medical college and hospitals in the country," the affidavit stated.

The project management consultants would be selected by December, 2007, and detailed project report would be submitted by April-May, 2008. Civil construction of the hospital and medical college building may be started by early 2008 and completed by 2010. Simultaneously, the manpower requirement for the AIIMS-like institution is being assessed by a separate committee, the affidavit added.

HC stays PMC order to seal Vishal Mart building: The Patna High Court on Thursday passed an interim order staying the Patna Municipal Corporation's order to seal the premises of Vishal Mega Mart on Fraser Road.

A single bench presided by Justice Navniti Prasad Singh passed the order on a petition of the mart which submitted it has been incurring loss of lakhs of rupees daily because of the sealing. Earlier, the same bench had disposed of a writ petition of the mart against the erstwhile Patna Regional Development Authority's order to demolish the building housing the mart. The court had then maintained that the PMC should take action regarding the alleged deviation from the sanctioned plan for the construction of the building. While staying the sealing order, Justice Singh on Thursday remarked the PMC has overreached the court's earlier order which never allowed sealing or demolition of the building. It had simply asked the PMC to take action in accordance with law for the deviations from the sanctioned plan for the construction of the building.

`Submit details on police posts': The Patna High Court on Thursday directed the state government to produce relevant documents regarding the posts of constable-driver in district police units.

A division bench comprising Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice Anwar Ahmad issued the directive on letters patent appeals (LPAs) of Chandra Bhushan Singh and 19 other selected candidates for the posts of constable-driver who had challenged the decision of police home headquarters, cancelling the advertisement on the basis of which their selection were made for the posts of constable-driver for different district police units.