1. The petitioner, a fully Government owned Society registered under the Travancore - Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1956, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash Exts.P8, P10 and P11.

2. The petitioner states that it is an internationally recognised medical centre providing state of the art facilities for cancer diagnosis, treatment, palliation and rehabilitation. It is a premier cancer care hospital and research centre in India operating under the National Cancer Control Programme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The petitioner formulated a number of cancer care schemes for providing free cancer treatment to the members of the Scheme. The 3 respondent joined in "Cancer Care for Life Scheme" along with three of his family members by paying a nominal amount of Rs.1,700/-.

3. The 3rd respondent was afflicted with cancer and availed free treatment from the petitioner. Chemotherapy was done on the petitioner free of charge. However, the petitioner had to be subjected to a specialised "Targetted Therapy". The petitioner paid Rs.4,40,466/- as cost of medicine.

4. However, subsequently, the 3rd respondent approa