( 1 ) IN this batch of cases common questions arise for consideration and so we are inclined to deal with them by this common judgment. Writ Appeal no. 1402 of 91 is from the order of our learned brother Sivaraman Nair, J. , in w. P. No. 15595 of 91 dismissing the writ petition filed by Dr. A. S. Chandra, a private medical practitioner running Sarada Nursing Home in Chirala, prakasam district. The wife of the fourth respondent received treatment as an out patient between 15-7-91 and 26-7-91 at Sarada Nursing Home for epigastrium and Chest pain and Nausea. After routine tests were conducted she was admitted as an inpatient on 26-7-91 and operated for Cystectomy, hystrectomy and Appendectomy. When Laparotomy test was conducted upon her on 15-8-91 it was found that she developed Peritonitis. The nursing home collected Rs. 500/- towards medical fee and Rs. 200/- each for the anaesthetist and two surgeons, Rs. 1,100/- in all. The patient had to be removed to the Government Hospital, Guntur for further treatment; she was admitted in the Guntur Hospital on 25-8-91 and after an operation was performed she died in the Hospital. The fourth respondent filed consumer dispute No.