WP(C) 1986/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE BP KATAKEY Heard Ms MK Pradhan, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Misra, lear ned standing counsel for the Education Department appearing for the respondent N os. 1, 2 and 3 and Ms Verma, learned standing counsel for the Health Department appearing for the respondent Nos. 4 and 5. The petitioner has filed the present petition praying for a direction to the respondent authorities to pay the medical expenses incurred by the petition er’s husband for undergoing treatment in the Cancer Institute, WIA, RCC, Chennai , to the tune of Rs. 72,922/-. The case of the petitioner is that as her husband was suffering from can cer he was referred by the Medical Board constituted by the Govt. of Assam, for the required treatment to the Cancer Institute at Chennai and accordingly the pe titioner’s husband took treatment at the said institute at Chennai after obtaini ng leave on medical ground from the authority. According to the petitioner her h usband incurred the medical expenses to the tune of Rs. 72,922/- and though her husband submitted all the necessary papers the said amount has not been reimburs ed till date though her husband died of cancer on 17.4.2007. Mr. Misra, learned standing counsel for the Education Department on the basis of the written instruction dated 3.4.2010 of the Deputy Director of the Se condary Education, Assam has submitted that the petitioner’s husband was referre d by the Medical Board for treatment in Cancer Institute at Cheenai with an esco rt but as the Directorate has not received any proposal from the Inspector of Sc hools, Kamrup District Circle claiming the medical bill amount, no amount has be en released. Mr. Misra referring to another written instruction dated 3.4.2010 f rom the Inspector of Schools, Kamrup District Circle, has submitted that after j oining the said office by the present incumbent she for the first time on receiv ing the application on 9.3.2010 from the petitioner came to know about the reque st for reimbursement of medical expenses and as there was no other documents ava ilable in the office, she requested the petitioner to submit the necessary appli cation together with the necessary documents and as soon as those documents are submitted the proposal for reimbursement shall be sent to the Directorate for pa yment. It is evident from the Annexures appended to the writ petition that the petitioner stated to have submitted the application in the year 2006 claiming re imbursement of an amount of Rs. 72,922/- enclosing therewith the original docume nts in support of such claim. If such original documents have already been sub mitted the petitioner naturally cannot resubmit the original documents again. If such documents are misplaced in the office of the Inspector of School, Kamrup D istrict Circle the petitioner for that purpose cannot be allowed to suffer. Be that as it may, since the Inspector of School, Kamrup District Circle has taken the stand that as soon as the fresh application is filed by the petit ioner along with the supporting documents, the proposal for reimbursement of the medical expenses would be sent to the Directorate and the necessary payment wou ld be made, the present writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the petitioner within 15 days from today shall submit a fresh application together with the photostat copies of the documents in support of the medical expenses in curred for treatment of the petitioner’s husband, before the Inspector of School s, Kamrup District Circle, with a copy to the Director of Secondary Education, A ssam, who shall without insisting for the original of those documents get it ver ified from the Cancer Institute at Chennai within 15 days from the date of recei pt of such application together with the Photostat copies of such documents and submit the proposal to the Directorate within one week thereafter. The Director of Secondary Education shall, thereafter, process the matter and make the paymen t to the petitioner to which she is entitled. The entire exercise in any case is directed to be completed within a period of three months from the date of submi ssion of fresh application by the petitioner as aforesaid. The writ petition accordingly stands disposed of. No cost. Copies of the written instructions received and as produced by Mr. Misra , learned standing counsel, are kept on record.