DELHI HIGH COURT
HIMA KOHLI, ASHA MENON
Association of Health Care Providers (India) – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
ORDER
1. The appellant/petitioner is aggrieved by an order dated 09.05.2019, passed by the learned Single Judge, dismissing a writ petition filed by it praying inter alia for issuing a writ of mandamus to the respondents/UOI, to constitute a Committee to oversee and monitor the implementation of the Central Government Health Scheme (in short, `CGHS') and the contracts entered into by the respondents with empanelled hospitals and medical institutions.
2. By the impugned order, the learned Single Judge has declined to entertain the writ petition on the ground that the issue sought to be raised by the appellant/petitioner relates to contractual arrangements between the respondent No.2/Directorate General, Health Services (DGHS) and third parties and opined that if there is a grievance of the hospitals/healthcare establishments whose bills have not been cleared fully by the respondent No.2/DGHS, they are entitled to agitate their grievance by seeking recovery of amounts due to them.
3. For ease of reference, we may extract below, para 6 of the impugned order:
"6. This Court is not inclined to entertain the present petition, principally, for the reason that the issue sought to be
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