IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11 OF 2007 Dated 3RD January, 2007 Between A.Muthukaruppan and anr. …Petitioners and Union of India, rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi and ors. …Respondents. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11 of 2007 ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioners seek Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents for payment of patient care allowance to them. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Whether the petitioners are entitle to patient care allowance or not is not yet decided by the respondents. It is a matter where the respondents have to consider the same as per the service conditions and directions issued by this Court in the order dated 07-10-2004 passed in Writ Petition Nos.1130 and 23645 of 1996. In that view of the matter, without going into the merits of the claim, I dispose of the Writ Petition, permitting the petitioners to submit a representation in this behalf to the fourth respondent, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On such filing the representation, the fourth respondent is directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders by examining entitlement of the petitioners’ claim as per the applicable service conditions and orders of this Court dated 07-10-2004 in Writ Petition Nos. 1130 and 23645 of 1996, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the representation. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage. No order as to costs. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 03-01-2007. Msnr.