Bhimrao v. the Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
ASHA worker (Asha Karyakarta) Covid-19 death 30.04.2021; claim under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme for health workers; condonation of delay in submission of claim; representation dated 10.01.2024 (Annexure-S); letter dated 12.01.2024 by Director, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Bengaluru to Union of India kept pending; mandamus to consider representation and reply within two weeks; writ petition disposed (not allowed/dismissed); no quantum awarded; High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi Bench; WP No. 200700 of 2025 (GM-RES); NC: 2025:KHC-K:2058; single judge Dr. Justice Chillakur Sumalatha; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 (Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi) to consider the letter addressed by respondent No.4 and give an appropriate reply within two weeks from receipt of a copy of the order, and to communicate a copy of the response to the petitioner. No direction for actual disbursement of the insurance claim was issued.