ORDER :

Prayer: This Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents No.1 to pay a total compensation of Rs.25,00,000/- (Twenty Five Lakhs only) the petitioner.

This writ petition has been filed for the issue of writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent to pay compensation to the petitioner on the ground that the petitioner lost his wife due to the negligence on the part of the respondents.

2. The case of the petitioner is that his wife was admitted for delivery before the fourth respondent Primary Health Centre, on 25.06.2012 at 06.00 p.m. The petitioner's wife gave birth to a female child, on 26.06.2012, at about 04.24 a.m. After delivery, there was excessive bleeding suffered by the wife of the petitioner. The fourth respondent in spite of attending the wife of the petitioner and administering her with necessary drugs, found that the victim required a blood transfusion and hence, recommended for shifting the wife of the petitioner to Medical College, Asaripallam. There was no ambulance available in the Primary Health Centre and hence, the Staff Nurse had to call a 108 ambulance at about 05.15 a.m. Ulti