IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO.20823 OF 2011 DATED:25.7.2011 Between: Satya Harishchandra Foundation Office situated at 15-6-119/A, Adjacent to Afzalgunj Police Station, Hyderabad, rep. by its Founder K. Rajeshwar Rao Founder and General Secretary of the Foundation … Petitioner And The Commissioner of Police Hyderabad, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO.20823 OF 2011 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) Communication dated 16-7-2011 addressed to the petitioner- Foundation may be noticed: “Due to increased uptake of Postgraduate Students of this department, the accommodation for Junior Doctors, who are on duty in the Mortuary, has become difficult. Hence, you are hereby directed to handover the existing room occupied by you in the Mortuary with immediate effect. An alternative arrangement for working space can be made in the Inquest Room, if desired. This is for strict and early compliance, as an earlier oral intimation was given to you regarding the same issue one month back.” It is this communication which has irked the petitioner and has questioned it, claiming a right to dispose of the unclaimed dead bodies to the exclusion of every one on the ground of permission granted by the Government. To appreciate the contention, it becomes imperative to refer to the averments of the writ petitioner made in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the writ petition, depicting a change in policy by a direction to hand over the dead bodies to the medical colleges instead of entrusting disposal thereof to the Petitioner-Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It goes without saying that placing unclaimed dead bodies at the disposal of Medical Colleges is apparently a better course. Apart from that the petitioner in essence aims at an endeavour to protract its occupation of a room which is required by the authorities to accommodate the Doctors who have to discharge their duty in Mortuary. In that view of the matter, we find nothing wrong with taking over of possession of the room by hospital. Viewed thus, Writ Petition is dismissed. VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 25-7-2011 B. Narsinga Rao