AGARTALA, India, March 26 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on Feb. 23:

1. Heard Learned Senior Counsel Mr. P. Roy Barman assisted by Ms. S. Deb Barman, Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and also heard Learned Senior Counsel Mr. B. N. Majumder assisted by Mr. D. J. Saha, Learned Counsel appearing for the respondents No.1-8. Further heard Learned Addl. G.A. Mr. D. Sarma appearing on behalf of the respondents No.9 and 10 but in spite of service of notice none appeared for the respondent No.11 i.e. the Chairman of the Standing Medical Board, AGMC and GBP Hospital, Agartala.

02. The petitioner has filed this petition seeking the following reliefs:

(i) Issue Rule upon the Respondents to show cause as to why a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/or order/orders and/or direction/directions of like nature shall not be issued whereby quashing and cancelling the letter, dated 02.01.2025, issued by the Principal/Chairman, Standing Medical Board, AGMC & GBP Hospital, regretting the issuance of Ex-post facto Certificate in favour of the Petitioner.

(ii) Issue Rule upon the Respondents to show cause as to why a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/or order/orders and/or direction/directions of like nature shall not be issued whereby directing the Respondents to give the benefit of Medical reimbursement to the Petitioner in connection with the enpenditure of his treatment.

(iii) Issue Rule upon the Respondents to show cause as to why a writ in the nature of Mandamus and/or order/orders and/or direction/directions of like nature shall not be issue whereby directing the Respondents to accord sanction to the Medical reimbursement Bill, submitted by the Petitioner on 10.04.2023 before the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, TSECL amounting to Rs.3,45,505/- in total, for reimbursing the expenditure incurred by the Petitioner for his treatment outside the State.

(iv) Make the rules absolute.

(v) Call for records. (vi)Pass any further Order/Orders as this Hon'ble High Court considered fit and proper.

03. Learned Senior Counsel at the time of hearing drawn the attention of the Court that the petitioner on the ground of assisting one of his relative for treatment at Kolkata prayed for leave along with station leave permission on medical ground and accordingly vide office order dated 10.03.2023 (Annexure-2) his prayer was allowed by the authority. According to the petitioner he went to Kolkata along with his relative but on arrival therein suddenly he had fallen ill and experienced severe chest pain and immediately he rushed to Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Mukundapur. He was residing within the complex of R.N. Tagore Hospital and on 11.01.2023 the petitioner was admitted to R.N. Tagore Hospital under the advice of Dr. Ayan Kar when he was advised to undergo Coronary Angiography and accordingly the petitioner underwent Coronary Angiogram as the petitioner was diagnosed with coronery artery blockage, hyper tension and metabolic syndrome and he was further advised not to move without proper treatment otherwise it will be very risky for his life. From the discharge summary dated 15.01.2023 it will be clear that the petitioner was admitted with exertional chest discomfort and he was diagnosed with double vessel coronary artery disease, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and he underwent angiography on 11.01.2023 and after coronary angiography the petitioner undergone PTCA with stenting to LAD on 13.01.2023 at R.N. Tagore, Hospital, Mukundapur and in this regard he relied upon discharge summary (Annexure-3) issued by the Hospital Authority.

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