IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 240 of 2010 Date of decision: 24.01.2011 Rajbir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. K.L. Dhingra, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shruti Jain, AAG, Haryana for the State. Mr. Manish Bansal, Advocate for respondents No. 2 to 4. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner, who superannuated in the year 2006 has approached this Court for payment of his medical reimbursement due to Coronary Angioplasty, which he has undergone at Metro Hospital (Heart Institute), Faridabad. The petitioner had submitted the claim of Rs. 1,75,000/-. Sum of Rs. 1,42,500/- has been released by HUDA to the hospital through Cheque No. 769124 dated 24.10.2005. Ever since that date, the claim of the petitioner has not been finalised, which appears highly unfair. The claim, which pertains to the year 2005, is still pending adjudication till 2011 and prayer now also is for granting 8 weeks to finalise the same. As per the reply, delay appears to be on the ground that file had gone missing, which has been reconstructed and now the matter is in process. Even the ground given for inordinate delay in finalising the medical reimbursement claim of the petitioner is not Civil Writ Petition No. 240 of 2010 -2- justified. Apparently, the medical reimbursement claim of the petitioner is being linked with some recovery, which has been ordered to be effected from the dues payable to the petitioner. It is on the basis of enquiry held for some allegation made against him while he was in service for which inquiry was ordered. Even if that be so, recovery could be effected only from the dues payable to the petitioner like pension etc. and not from the medical reimbursement claim. The money due to medical reimbursement claim cannot be linked with any such recovery. The respondents are under obligation to finalise the claim of the petitioner for medical reimbursement. The present writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with the direction to the respondents to finally consider and decide the medical reimbursement claim of the petitioner within two weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. If anything further is found due to the petitioner, the same shall be released. It is made clear that the claim of medical reimbursement shall not be linked in any manner with the recovery that may have to be effected from the petitioner. That has to be separately dealt with by the respondents. January 24, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE