Chandra Choor Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Stamp and Registration Deptt. Lko and 2 Others
Medical reimbursement – Uttar Pradesh Government Servant (Medical Attendance) Rules, 2011
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), WRIT - A No. 12693 of 2024, decided March 11, 2026 (Alok Mathur, J. and Amitabh Kumar Rai, J.). Medical reimbursement claim by son of deceased retired government servant (Deputy Registrar, Gorakhpur, died 28.08.2017 after treatment 30.07.2017–26.08.2017). Rule 16 of U.P. Government Servant (Medical Attendance) Rules, 2011 read down via Article 14 arbitrariness analysis (Anwal Ali Sarkar twin test; Sukanya Shantha standards) to allow claims by legal heirs where beneficiary dies or is incapacitated during treatment with no other surviving beneficiary. Succession certificate cap of Rs. 5,000/- held not to bar a certified legal heir's larger claim. Impugned order dated 10.01.2023 quashed; claim remitted to respondent no. 2 for decision within two months.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned order dated 10.01.2023 quashed; Rule 16 of the Rules, 2011 to be read so as to include submission of claims by legal heirs of the beneficiary where the beneficiary dies or becomes incapacitated during the course of treatment and there is no other surviving beneficiary; respondent no. 2 directed to consider the petitioner's claim as a valid claim under Rule 16 and decide it in accordance with law within two months from production of a certified copy of the order, with payment to be disbursed expeditiously within one month thereafter if the claim is found to be in order.