IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.VENKATESWARA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12036 of 2006 Between: P.V.Ranga Reddy. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.State of A.P., rep. by Prl. Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfare (KI) Dept., Hyderabad, and 4 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki,) This Writ Petition has been filed by a retired Judicial Officer seeking refund of the amount spent by him on medical expenses during surgery on 15-09-1999. It is submitted by learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner incurred an expenditure of Rs.1,06,527/-, but he was paid only an amount of Rs.40,000/-. Therefore, he seeks a direction to the respondents to reimburse the balance amount. For seven years, the petitioner has never claimed this amount. He has not explained the delay. The only ground stated is that this Court decided a matter in W.P.No.22969 of 1999, wherein it was held that that the Officers were entitled to the total expenditure. That Writ Petition was also decided on 07-12-2004. More than one year has passed even from that date. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed for laches. --------------------------------- (Bilal Nazki, J) 19th June, 2006 ---------------------------------- (M.Venkateswara Reddy, J) LUR