The hospital was found to be violating conditions laid down by the rehabilitation department in an inquiry conducted by the office of the tehsildar (sales). The officer issued a show cause notice asking for a reply within seven days.

The land was granted (in two lots in 1987 and 1990) at subsidised rates on the condition that the hospital would provide free medical treatment to the poor. The hospital was supposed to have at least three full-time specialists for such people, apart from providing a certain percentage of beds for them.The Escorts management has been asked to say why it was not following these conditions. If not satisfied with the reply, the Tehsildar has pointed out that Secretary (Rehabilitation) would be requested to cancel the allotment.

The management of the EscortsHospital and Research Centre deny any violation of the government-laid allotment conditions. ``We run the OPD from 9 am till lunch time and provide free treatment to those from economically weaker sections,'' said General Administrator A E McMullen. He insisted there was no mention of reserving beds for the poor, instead, the hospital made beds available to such patients when they were admitted.

In Faridabad, it has been a long-drawn battle for a few residents who have been taking up the case with the district authorities that the functioning of the Escorts Hospital is more commercial than the purpose for which it took the government land. ``They have no care for the poor. If a poor patient is admitted he has to cough up thousands of rupees on the pretext of various check-ups,'' said Kishan Lal Gera, who along with Vishnu Bhatia had filed a complaint with the Deputy Commissioner (Faridabad) four years ago.

After his complaint, an inquiry was conducted by the then Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation(NIT Zone) Amarnath Poonjani. Poonjani pointed out in his report that the hospital was neither providing any allopathy medicines to the outdoor poor nor there was any beds reserved for the poor patients in the hospital.

Though Poonjani categorically noted in his inquiry report: ``It is a very serious matter and if some necessary action is not taken against such organisation they will keep using government allotted land for the commercial purposes''.

Further, it pointed out that some senior official from the state should look into the matter so that the conditions laid down by the state would be implemented with all effectiveness and the purpose of the high-priced land allotted to the organisation at a highly subsidised rate must not be defeated.

After the report was submitted, the matter has come up twice before the grievance committee of the district officials under the chairmanship of the deputy commissioner.