'3^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR FC.GJ WRIT PETITION (S) N0. ^lo PETITIONER r^f^ L^^^I:i^j"JJ Dr. V.K.Mehata S/o late Sri B.L.Mehata, Aged-about 63 years, R/o Gaushala road, police line, Raigarh Distt.- Raigarh [C.G.] VERSUS RESPONDENTS ,,^' ^ ^^w ..•••' .^.--o^..."' ^^y"" ^•:-v l.State of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur [C.G.] 2. Director, Sanchanalaya, Chikitsa Shiksha, old nurses hostel, D.K.S.Bhawan Campus, Raipur [C.G.] 3. Civil Surgeon cum Chief Hospital Superintendent, K.G.Hospital, Raigarh, Distt.- Raigarh [C.G.] WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF APPROPRIATE WRIT. ORDER OR DIRECTIONS x HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BiLASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) N0.3810 OF 2009 PETJTiONER . Dr.V.K.Mehata RESPONDENTS Versys State pf Chhaltisgarh & Others (Writ Petition under Article 226iofthe Constitutlon of Indla) Sinate Bench : Hon'bie Shrs Satlsh K.-Aflnihotri. J. Present:- Shri Sanjay Patel, AdvQcate for the petitioner. Shri A.V. Sridhar, Panel Lawyerforthe State. ;ORDER(ORAU: (Passed on thls 9th day of March, 2010) 1. With the consent of learned counse!. appearing for the parties, the petstion is.heard finally. 2. • Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner retlred as Assistant Civii .Surgeon. Thereafter, .he was.engaged:on contract basis fora periodof.one year. After hls retirement and the.contract period was over, :the petitioner feii sick and he • has. undergone the treatment in. Distrlci Hospital.Ralgarh. Fromthe District Hospital, Raigarh, the petitioner was referred, to Escorts Heart'Centre, Raipur and thereafter from E.scorts Heart Centre, .Raipur to.Escorts Heart institute & Research Centre, New' . Deihi for further treatment. • ' 3. ' Shri Patei further submits tbat the petitioner is entltled to reimbursement of the tota! amount, whjch he has incurred in his treatment in' Escorts Hea.rt Centre, Raipur and in Escorts Heart Institute & Research •Centres New.Delhi, as he was referred by the. District Hospitai, Raigarh. 'Reiiance of the petitione.r is on a pojicy circular dated 7-2-1983 issued by the State Government for pensioners. 4. Shri Sridhar, iearned Panei Lawyer appearing for the State submlts.that the State Government has no policy to reimburse RT - i9». Gowri the medicai expenses made by the retired employees except free •medicai, treatment 'm jthe 'hospitajs run, by.the 'State Government and in view of that the representatlon of the petitioner was-rightiy rejected. The petltioner is not entltled to any relief. 5. i have h.eard learned •counsel appearing for the parties, perused the pleadings and the documents appended thereto. . ; 6. On perusal of the circuiar, it is evident that the retired employees are entitled tq free medical faciiity in the hospitals run' by the State Government. • There is no provlsion for reimbursement of any amount of medioa! treatment taken outside the State Government hospitajs. The second circular dated 14-12-2001/22-1-2002 (Annexure - P/9), which provldes for medicai facility in other hospjtais outside the State of. Chhattisgarh, is applicable only to the existing employees/offscers not to the retired empioyees/pensioners and., as such, there is no provlsion or pollcy of the State Government, which providesfor'reimbursement ofthe amount spent by the r'etired employees on medical treatment. 7. For the reasons.mentioned hereinabove, the wrrt petition is. devoid ofmerits and is accordingiy dismissed. 8. There. wiii be no order asto costs. Sd/- SatishK.Agnihotn Judge