A submission to this effect was made by Additional Public Prosecutor A N Thambidurai before a division bench of the Madras High Court comprising Justices S Manikumar and Aruna Jagadeessan during the course of hearing a habeas corpus writ petition, to trace a missing man, last week.

Thambidurai said that the details of the website, with phone numbers, have already been published in the news papers in all districts. In respect of Chennai, necessary publication would be effected shortly, he added.

Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopalan submitted that the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi has already formed a national portal — Track Child — under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), for which guidelines too have been issued. The Ministry for Women and Child Development, New Delhi, has taken steps for effective computerised network to link Central Project Support Union (CPSU), State Child Protection Society, District Child Protection Units (DCPU), Child Care Instructions (CCIs), all police stations, Chief Welfare Committee Members (CWCs) and all Juvenile Justice Board Members (JJBs) to facilitate quick and early restoration of the missing children to their families. The website link is being made known to the public at large. Nodal Officers have been appointed to the ‘Track Child’ units in States and Union Territories.

All directions contained in the earlier order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dated September 25, 2014 would be implemented by the central government, in its letter and spirit, he added.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Siva Sekaran / March 22nd, 2015