WP(C) 2495/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. MK Choudhury, learned Sr. counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. HM Phuka n, learned State counsel appearing for the respondents. The petitioner by the present petition has prayed for a direction to the respond ent authorities to provide adequate monetary relief for medical treatment of his son contending inter alia that his son, who is a police personnel and posted in Goalpara district, received head injuries while on duty, for which he was admit ted as indoor patient in Guwahati Neurological Research Centre Limited (GNRC) at Guwahati by the higher authorities and though he has since been released from t he said hospital and spent more than Rs.4,00,000/- (Rupees Four Lakhs) towards t he cost of medicine etc. for his treatment, the said amount has not been paid to him. The petitioner, therefore, claims the said amount, which he has spent for medical treatment, for which, according to him, he has already submitted all bi lls to the Superintendent of Police, Goalpara. Mr. Choudhury, learned Sr. counsel has submitted that the writ petition may be d isposed of directing the Superintendent of Police, Goalpara to scrutinize the cl aim of the petitioner and if he is entitled to the said amount, the same may be directed to be paid. Mr. Choudhury has also submitted that the responsibility o f the payment of the bills raised by the GNRC for treatment of the petitioner ha s been taken by the respondents but a further sum of about Rs.4,00,000/- (Rupees Four Lakhs) spent for purchasing medicine etc. by the petitioner for which he h as submitted the bills before the Superintendent of Police, Goalpara, is payable to him. The learned Sr. Counsel also submits that the respondents have also pa id a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) to the petitioner. Mrs. Phukan, learned State counsel on the basis of the written instruction dated 18th June, 2011 issued by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Administratio n) Assam, Guwahati has submitted that the petitioner has been paid a sum of Rs.5 0,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) from the Assam Police Central Distress Fund as p er the rules governing such fund and the reimbursement of the cost incurred for medical treatment would be considered by the Government subject to fulfillment o f the Assam Medical Attendance Rule, 2008. It appears that the petitioner has already received the aforesaid amount of Rs.5 0,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) from the aforesaid fund. The responsibility of c learing the bills raised by the hospital authority has, according to the petitio ner, also been taken by the respondents. The petitioner claims that though he is entitled to the reimbursement of the expenses (about Rs.4,00,000/-) incurred fo r medical treatment and submitted the bills to the Superintendent of Police, the same is still under process. Mrs. Phukan, as noticed above, has submitted that the claim of the petitioner for reimbursement of the expenses would be consider ed in terms of the rules. That being the position, the writ petition is disposed of directing the responde nts, more particularly, the Superintendent of Police, Goalpara (respondent No.3) , the Director General of Police (respondent No.2) and the Commissioner and Secr etary to the Government of Assam, Home Department, Dispur (respondent No.1) to c onsider the claim of the petitioner in terms of the relevant rules formulated by the Government in that regard for reimbursement of the medical expenses incurre d by the employee and if the petitioner is found to be entitled to any amount, t he same shall be paid to him. It is needless to say that if the petitioner is n ot found to be entitled, he shall be informed accordingly. The said exercise is directed to be completed within a period of 4 (four) months from the date of pr oduction of the certified copy of the order passed today by the petitioner or hi s representative before the aforesaid respondents. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No cost. The copy of the aforesaid written instruction dated 18th June, 2011 as produced by Mrs. Phukan, learned State counsel is kept on record.