1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.5999/2006 Pyare Lal Sharma v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Bhilwara & Ors. Date of Order :: 8th April, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. D.K.Parihar, for the petitioner. Mr. V.K.Mathur, for the respondents. .... The petitioner, an employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., incurred a sum of Rs.1,14,070/- for undergoing bye pass heart surgery at S.K.Soni Hospital, Jaipur. The respondents by letter dated 17.5.2006 denied for reimbursement of medical expenses on the count that S.K.Soni Hospital, Sector-5, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur was not on the approved list of Hospitals declared by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. The contention of counsel for the petitioner that as per the list declared by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. relating to recognised Hospitals, the Soni Hospital is a recognised hospital for general purpose treatment and diagnostic procedures except C.T. Scan and specialised lab investigations. The petitioner has also emphasised that by submitting a discharge certificate he has also established that he remained 2 an indoor patient at S.K.Soni Hospital from 25.7.2005 to 06.8.2005 and as such there is no reason for not allowing reimbursement of medical expenses to him. In reply to the writ petition the respondents raised various objections for reimbursement of medical expenses claimed by the petitioner. According to the respondents, certain queries were made by the petitioner for verifying the correctness and genuineness of the case including the dates for remaining indoor patient. From record, I also found that there are certain discrepancies in the date for remaining hospitalised at S.K.Soni Hospital, Jaipur. It also appears that the Soni Hospital referred at Serial No.2 in the list of recognised Hospitals is a unit of Soni Medicare Ltd., 38, Kanota Bagh, J.L.N. Marg, Jaipur, whereas, the discharge hospital relates to the S.K.Soni Hospital, a unit of Soni Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Sector-5, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur. These all discrepancies have to be clarified by the petitioner to the respondents. Accordingly, this petition for writ is disposed of with a direction to the respondents that if the petitioner satisfies genuineness of the discharge certificate, undergoing bye pass surgery and the dates for remaining indoor patient at a recognised 3 hospital, within a period of 45 days from today, his claim shall be decided expeditiously as far as possible within a period of one month from the date the petitioner submits satisfactory explanation. ( GOVIND MATHUR ),J. Kkm/ps.