CWP No.5454 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.5454 of 2009 Date of Decision: 07.09.2010 **** Mangat Ram . . . . Petitioner VS. Punjab State Electricity Board & Ors. . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. BS Bajwa, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. PS Mattewal, Advocate for the respondents ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner, who is working as a Junior Engineer in the respondent-Board, seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to re- imburse the full and actual expenses incurred on his treatment at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. (2). Suffice it to mention here that the petitioner suffered heart ailment and was operated upon in the PGIMER, Chandigarh, and two valves criplated CWP No.5454 of 2009.doc - 2 – in his body called as Stents were fixed. The petitioner is said to have incurred an expenditure of Rs.1,60,509/- on his treatment. The respondents while following the Government policy decision dated 23.12.1999 (Annexure R1) have already re-imbursed the petitioner to the extent of Rs.1,18,309/-. (3). It may also be mentioned here that the above mentioned payments have been made as per the prescribed rates which includes payment of Rs.70,000/- as the cost of stents, whereas the petitioner appears to have incurred Rs.1,01,000/- on the stents. (4). Since the respondent-authorities have taken a conscious decision to uniformly follow the Government policy on medical reimbursement, no fault as such can be found with their action except to observe that in case the State Government has also revised its policy decision dated 23.12.1999 (Annexure R1), the petitioner would be entitled to re-imbursement in accordance with such revised policy. (5). Ordered accordingly. (6). The respondents are directed to find out from the Director, Health Services, Punjab regarding the CWP No.5454 of 2009.doc - 3 – revision of the policy decision dated 23.12.1999 (Annexure R1), if any, and take appropriate decision within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (7). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 07.09.2010 vishal shonkar