THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO WRI T PETI TI ON No.22603 OF 2025

ORDER:

With the consent of both parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage.

2. Heard Sri P. Ugender Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Services-III appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3, and learned Government Pleader for Services-I appearing for respondent No.4.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working as Nursing Tutor at Gandhi Hospital, Hyderabad, and had applied for medical leave for a period of 187 days, which was sanctioned. After expiry of the medical leave, the petitioner resumed duty on 05.09.2023. The petitioner suffers from permanent locomotor/orthopedic disability. Further, the petitioner applied for regulation of the medical leave period from 01.03.2023 to 04.09.2023. Upon examination, the Superintendent of Gandhi Hospital forwarded the application to respondent No.4 for regulation, who regulated the leave and instructed the Superintendent to take necessary steps.

4. Learned counsel further submits that after regulation of the medical leave, a supplementary bill of medical leave salary amounting to Rs.8,01,976/- was prepared and sanctioned. The same was forwarded to respondent No.1 for approval vide Token No.5218207609 dated 09.07.2024. However, despite sanction, the petitioner’s entitled benefits have not been released till date. Therefore, learned counsel prays for a direction to the respondent authorities to release the said benefits to the petitioner at the earliest.

5. Learned Government Pleader does not dispute the facts regarding sanction of the supplementary bill amounting to Rs.8,01,976/- vide Token No.5218207609 dated 09.07.2024. However, due to dearth of funds, the said amount could not be released to the petitioner in time. Learned Government Pleader further submits that the amounts are being disbursed to beneficiaries as per the seriatim of the token numbers.

6. Having regard to the above submissions, this Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondents to release the Supplementary Medical Leave Salary amount of Rs.8,01,976/-, sanctioned and forwarded vide Token No.5218207609 dated 09.07.2024, to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of twelve (12) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

There shall be no order as to costs.

Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

___________________________ NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO, J Date: 01.08.2025 HFM