HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.5679 of 2009 Date : 17-6-2011 Between : Indira Rani Siripurapu .. Petitioner And The Principal, College of Medical Technology, School of Nursing, Ongole, Prakasam District and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri Satish Deshpande Counsel for respondent No.1 : Sri M.Lakshmana Sharma Counsel for respondent No.2 : A.G.P. for Medical, Health and Family Welfare The court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to direct the respondents to release/issue the Diploma certificate of nursing course and other original certificates of the petitioner pertaining to X and XII standards. The petitioner also sought for award of compensation of Rs.2 lakhs against the respondents. At the hearing, Sri Satish Deshpande, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that after the filing of the Writ Petition, respondent No.1 has returned the original certificates to the petitioner. He has further stated that as the petitioner suffered serious loss due to the enormous delay in the respondents’ returning the certificates, the petitioner needs to be compensated. Sri M.Lakshmana Sharma, learned counsel for respondent No.1 stated that soon after the admissions were completed, his client has sent the certificates to the office of respondent No.2 and that they were returned only in the month of June 2009 upon which respondent No.1 has issued letter dated 19-6-2009 to the petitioner to collect the certificates. In my opinion, unless the petitioner shows that withholding of certificates was on account of negligence on the part of any of the respondents, she is not entitled for damages. Mere delay in releasing the certificates may not automatically lead to award of damages. A person who claims such damages shall not only plead but also prove that he has lost employment opportunities because of such delay. In the absence of detailed pleadings and the evidence in support thereof, compensation cannot be awarded. For the above mentioned reasons the Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous. As a sequel, WPMP No.7424/2009 is disposed of as infructuous. _________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 17-6-2011 AM