SUNITA RANI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has filed this petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari seeking quashment of letters Annexures P -4 and P -5 and also for directing respondents to reimburse the medical expenses incurred by the husband of the petitioner on his treatment.

(2.) PETITIONER is the widow of Karam Singh, who was a Vocational Master in Government Senior Secondary School, Samrala, District Ludhiana. On 10.11.1999 Karam Singh had renal transplant at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital at Ludhiana. Till the time of his death, which took place on 202.2005, he had taken treatment from the same Institution. According to the petitioner, Karam Singh had obtained all the complicated Chronic Disease Certificates for each year from the Medical College/Rajindra Hospital, Patiala as it was required under the rules though, he was continuously treated at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital at Ludhiana as the same was near -most hospital from the residence of the petitioner. Documents Annexures P -1 to P -3 are the certificates for the period from 05.2.2002 to 29.1.2003; 22.4.2003 to 19.4.2004 and from 06.4.2004 to 30.4.2005 respectively. The petitioner had pleaded that husband of the petitioner ever since his operation was treated at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana and had claimed his medical reimbursement from time to time. In this process, he had submitted four medical expenses bills for reimbursement with the office of the respondents through proper channel. The details of the expenses incurred as an Outdoor patient are given as under:

(3.) IN the present petition, the petitioner has thus sought a writ of certiorari for seeking quashment of the aforesaid two letters, which are attached as Annexure P -4 and P -5 respectively and also sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to reimburse the medical expenses incurred by the deceased husband of the petitioner on his treatment immediately along -with appropriate rate of interest for the period of delay.