C.W.P. No. 7040 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7040 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 25, 2011 Sudha Kumari .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. R.K.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner contends that husband of the petitioner Sh. Ramesh Chander was working as Superintendent Grade-II, Panchayat Samiti, Bhogpur. Since he was suffering from heart and kidney disease, he got the kidney transplant and bypass surgery done from Fortis Hospital, New Delhi and Fortis Hospital, Noida respectively during the period from 27.12.2008 to 02.05.2009. Unfortunately, Sh. Ramesh Chander died on 09.12.2009. The husband of the petitioner submitted his complete medical bills for reimbursement to the Executive Officer, Panchayat Samiti, Bhogpur-respondent No. 5. The ex-post facto approval was given by the Deputy Director (P.M.H.) on 24.12.2009 (Annexure P-3). C.W.P. No. 7040 of 2011 2 Thereafter, the final approval was granted by the Government vide order dated 03.05.2010 (Annexure P-5), according to which, claim of ` 4,61,044/- was accorded. However, in the said order, it was mentioned that the expenditure will be incurred from the budget approved for the year 2010- 11. Despite various efforts made by the petitioner to claim the sanctioned reimbursement bills, the same has not been released to the petitioner and now the Panchayat Samiti, Bhogpur has taken a plea that the budget for the year 2010-11 has lapsed and, therefore, fresh sanction has to be taken from the Government. He contends that due to the inaction on the part of the respondents, the petitioner is being made to suffer despite there being the sanction for reimbursement of the amount by the Government vide order dated 03.05.2010. He, therefore, contends that a direction may be issued to the respondents to release the reimbursement claim within some specified time. The present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to make a representation to the Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats-respondent No. 1, The Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab-respondent No. 2 and the Executive Officer, The Panchayat Samiti, Bhogpur-respondent No. 5 within a period of one week detailing therein the claim of the petitioner which shall be considered and decided by the respondents within a period of three weeks' from receipt of such representation. The reimbursement dues, as sanctioned vide order dated 03.05.2010 (Annexure P-5), be released to the petitioner within a period of one week thereafter. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 25, 2011 JUDGE pj