( 1 ) THE two appeals and the cross objections arise out of the judgmentof the learned First Additional District Judge, Guntur in O. S. No. 34 of 1969 granting a decree for Rs. 22,000/- in favour of the plaintiff towards damages for performing tonsillectomy operation on the plaintiff in a careless and negligent manner. The second defendant Dr. P. Narasimha Rao was the e. N. T. Surgeon who performed the tonsillectomy operation upon the plaintiff at the Government General Hospital, Guntur and the third defendant dr. S. Shankar Rao was the Chief Anaesthetist of the Hospital who adminitered anaesthetics at the time of the operation. The first defendant is the government of Andhra Pradesh represented by the District Collector, guntur who according to the plaintiff is vicariously liable for damages since the alleged act of negligence was committed by the defendants 2 and 3 in the course of discharging their duties as employees of the State Government.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff was a brilliant youngster aged 17 years in 1966 whenhe passed the P. U. C. (Pre University Course) examination securing 100% in mathematics and 93. 5% in Physical Sciences. He was a State Government merit sc