WP(C) 4135/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.P.KATAKEY Heard Mr BD Das, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr SN Sar ma, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of respondents. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is that tho ugh he is entitled reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by him for particip ating in World Masters Athletic Championship, 2007 in Italy, and the financial a ssistance to the tune of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) for participa ting in the International Veteran Tournament as an employee of Oil India Limite d, the same has not been paid to him though he was granted leave, on prayer bein g made, to participate in the said Athletic Meet in Italy. In para-5 of the affidavit in opposition, the respondent Oil India Limit ed has stated that since there was no request from the side of the petitioner fo r reimbursement of the expenditure and also for grant of the financial assistanc e, the authority had no occasion to consider the same, despite granting leave to participate in the Meet. According to Oil India Limited, the petitioner did not even at the relevant point of time produce any document demonstrating that purs uant to the leave granted, he had participated in such Meet. It also appears fro m the stand taken by the Oil India Limited in the affidavit that on earlier occa sion i.e. in the year 2004, the financial assistance was given to the petitioner for participating in the Asian Masters Athletic Championship in Bangkok as per his request, but since no request has been made by him either for grant of finan cial assistance or for reimbursement of expenditure incurred for participating i n Athletic Meet held in the year 2007 in Italy, the petitioner’s case was not co nsidered. In view of the respective stand taken by the parties as noticed above, t he writ petition is disposed of with the observation that the petitioner may app roach the respondent No.2 namely the General Manager(SS), Oil India Limited, Dul iajan, Dibrugarh, with an application for grant of financial assistance and also for reimbursement of expenditure incurred by him in participating in such Athle tic Meet in Italy in the year 2007, for which the leave, on prayer being made, w as granted by the authority. The said respondent No.2, if is not the appropriate authority to deal with such application, shall forward the same to the appropri ate authority immediately on receiving the same. In case such an approach is mad e by the petitioner, the authority of the Oil India Limited shall consider the s ame in accordance with its policy and also the other rules and regulations in fo rce in that regard, within a period of 6(six) weeks from the date of such approa ch being made by the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs.