Govt issues show cause notice to adoption home

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">HYDERABAD: The women and child welfare department has issued a show cause notice to the Tender Loving Care Home, Sanathnagar, which is refusing to hand over children in its care.<br /><br />The women and child welfare department has asked the former to handover four children in its possession to be able to give them for adoption.<br /><br />The lambada children, Himabindhu, 3, Jessy, 4, Mythli, 3, Blossom, 3, were reportedly relinquished at the TLCH by their respective families about four years ago.<br /><br />The TLCH, however, is refusing to give the children saying that the home is likely to get a licence from the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) with which it can continue to give away children for inter-country or within the country adoptions.<br /><br />Since the courts had ruled that these children cannot be given for inter-country adoptions, the Women and Child Welfare department authorities, approached the TLCH and took custody of these four children so that they can be given away in adoption to prospective Indian parents.<br /><br />The department has also identified prospective parents but with the TLCH refusing to handover the children, the authorities have initiated action against the adoption home.<br /><br />"We have given them a show cause notice and pressurised them to handover the children," Women and Child Welfare department director P Rami Reddy told "The Times of India".<br /><br />On the other hand, TLCH chief coordinator Sister Teresa said: "I took care of the children, fed and nursed them.How can we be asked to handover the children?"<br /><br /><formid=367815></formid=367815></div> </div>