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GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD
A. Ganga Venkata Ramana, S/o. Late Lankalapalli Appala Raju – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Its Principal Secretary to Government Medical Health and Family Welfare Department – Respondent
ORDER :
Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad, J.
Heard Sri Mathukumilli Sri Vijay, Learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioners, Sri Kondala Rao, Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical and Health and Sri G. Arun Showri, Learned Standing Counsel for the Central Government appearing for the Respondent No.7.
2. Writ Petitioners are the sons of the deceased mother. The deceased mother was working in the Covid Ward in the Government General Hospital at Kakinada. During the Course of her employment, she was contacted with Covid-19 and tested positive for Covid-19 and soon thereafter, the mother of the Writ Petitioners had succumbed due to complications on account of Covid infection. During the short period, while she was being treated for Covid-19, the Respondent No.6 had referred the case of the patient (mother of the Writ Petitioners) for conduct of Rapid Antigen Test. The result of the said test was positive to the effect that the mother of the Writ Petitioners had contacted Covid-19. Due to the fact that the mother of the Writ Petitioners contacted Covid while she was working in the Covid Ward during the peak of the Covid period and that it is on account of her being involved as a ‘fron
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