1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.1395 OF 2008 (Swapan Kumar s/o Sarbeswar Maity and others vs. Union of India and others) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : APRIL 8, 2008 Heard Shri Hedaoo, learned Counsel for the petitioners, and Shri Ahirkar, learned Counsel for the respondents. Shri Hedaoo, learned Counsel for the petitioners, states that petition may be disposed of in terms of order dated 1.10.2007 passed by the Division Bench of this Court whereby Writ Petition No. 6165/2006 came to be disposed of with direction to the Union of India since issue involved in the present petition is identical to one involved in the said petition. Shri Ahirkar, learned Counsel for the respondents, does not dispute the factual and legal aspects of the matter. In the circumstances, the petition is 2 disposed of with direction to respondent no.1 Union of India to consider and decide the case of the petitioners for grant of Patient Care Allowance/Hospital Patient Care Allowance as has been granted to the other identically situated employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs in the light of decisions given by various Courts including the Apex Court, within a period of six months from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE khj