PRAYAGRAJ:, March 4 -- Directing the state government to take necessary action against doctors engaged in government hospitals and medical colleges who are found indulging in private practice, the Allahabad high court has asked the principal secretary, medical education, U.P. to file his personal affidavit disclosing the status of the action taken against errant government doctors.

Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal passed the order on a petition filed by Dr Arvind Gupta while directing to list the case on March 26.

During the course of the hearing, as per an earlier direction of the court, a personal affidavit of principal secretary, medical education, government of U.P. was filed before the court.

In this affidavit, it was stated that 37 d...