MUMBAI: A month after taking on errant charitable hospitals for their failure to provide treatment to poor patients at a reasonable cost, charity commissioner S G Dige has issued showcause notices to 1.3 lakh trusts and de-registered 60,000 trusts for blatant violation of the Maharashtra Public Trust Act.For the first time, strict action has been taken against the trusts for breach of Public Trust Act.At 14,853, Nagpur leads the list of de-registered trusts, followed by 8,613 from Latur, 7,528 in Nashik , 6,966 in Aurangabad and 5,167 in Pune. In Mumbai, 4,498 trusts have been de-registered. Showcause notices have been given to 10,627 in Mumbai, 10,500 in Ahmednagar , 16,280 in Amravati and 10,059 in Pune.Dige has embarked on a massive action plan to ensure charitable hospitals across the state implement the scheme drafted by the Bombay high court for providing treatment to poor patients.A senior official said after Dige took over the reins, it was found that out of the over eight lakh public trusts registered in the state, 3.95 lakh were non-functional.Over 1.9 lakh trusts had not submitted statement of accounts, present status of office-bearers and certificate of registration. most of the errant trusts had not even submitted their annual statement of accounts for last five years.