JUDGMENT :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. Nallagonda Rama Gopal working as a Medical Officer filed this Public Interest Litigation under Article 226 of the Constitution of India under pro bono publico, seeking relief of writ of mandamus, declaring the inaction of the 2nd respondent in permitting the 3rd respondent to continue to provide standard services in the dialysis centre is violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently cancel the contract of the 3rd respondent and blacklist the 3rd respondent from participating in any tenders or providing such similar services in the near future.

2. The petitioner is a doctor by profession and now working as Medical Officer in Government Hospital at Gudipala Village, Chittoor District. The petitioner was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and suffering from Hypertension and diabetes and he was directed to undergo dialysis on a regular basis by the doctors at the hospital of 2nd respondent-Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (for short 'SVIMS') and as such, he underwent dialysis at the 2nd respon