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3.6. It is further stated that as many as 200 countries in the world have taken stringent measures and have gone into complete or partial lockdown after COVID-19 situation, combating the health emergency. The States/Provinces in India have closed their respective State borders and have imposed curfew under Section 144 Cr.P.C. prohibiting free movement of people making the life standstill. In the said situation of disaster management, the Central Government as well as the State Governments are busy in taking measures to cope up with the public health issues, diverting all State mechanism towards health services and supply of essential commodities. In that course, police personnel, health and sanitary workers are completely engaged to render their services and all other departmental functionaries have stopped functioning and they are only rendering the essential services in the field of health, food and civil supplies, public administration and sanitisation. In such situation, the State Government, with unseemly haste and HCJ & MSM,J W.P.No.8163 of 2020 & batch secrecy, proceeded to bring amendment to Section 200 of the APPR Act, by way of the impugned Ordinance, only with intent to remove the petitioner from the office of the SEC. It is alleged that copy of the Ordinance has been uploaded on the website belatedly, although GOs were uploaded and they were categorised as confidential, making the contents invisible for a long time.