The High Court on Monday asked the authorities to form a seven-member committee with specialist physicians to formulate a guideline to stop spread of Thalassemia disease.

The court gave 30 days to constitute the committee.

The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam passed the order after hearing a writ petition.

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It also asked the authorities concerned to submit the guideline once it is prepared within six months.

The HC issued the rule asking the government to explain as to why effective steps should not be taken to control Thalassemia and why a column should not be attached in the marriage registry book related to the Thalassemia of bride and bridegroom.

Eight people including the secretaries to the Cabinet, Prime Minister’s Office, Heath Ministry, Secondary and Higher Education under Education Ministry, Law Ministry, Religious Affairs Ministry and Directorate General of Health Services were made respondents to the rule.

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Advocate Manzill Murshid stood for the petitioner while assistant attorney general Abul Kalam Khan Daud and Toufique Sajwar Partho represented the state.

On June 15, Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed the writ petition seeking steps to stop spread of Thalassemia disease attaching reports of spread of it published in different newspapers.

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The petition also sought publicity about social awareness about the spread of the disease among the students, public, government officials and others.