S.K. KATRIAR, J.:–The two writ petitions raise a common question of medical reimbursement by the State of Bihar. The petitioner of CWJC No. 3778 of 2006 is a serving employee, and the petitioner of CWJC No. 3781 of 2006 is the widow of a deceased employee. The respondents have placed on record their counter affidavits and have opposed the writ petitions. In view of variation of facts in the two writ petitions, I will dispose of the two one after the other by the present judgment.

C.W.J.C. No. 3778 of 2006 :

2. I shall first take up C.W.J.C. No. 3778 of 2006. The facts are not in dispute. The petitioner was at the relevant point of time posted as Statistical Compiler, Department of Animal Husbandry, Begusarai. He suffered a massive heart attack in the first half of 2002, and was rushed to the Cardio-thoracic & Neuro Science Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as "AIIMS'), on an emergency basis to save his life. Angiography was done on him in AIIMS on 7.6.2002. A photocopy of the document showing augiography and the money receipt showing payment of Rs. 4,000/- is marked Annexure-1 to the writ petition. The petitioner had undergone coron

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