JUDGMENT

Kuldeep Mathur, J. - The petitioner has preferred this writ petition assailing the order dated 19.08.2014 (Annex.-5), whereby the competent authority i.e. respondent No. 2 returned the application dated 04.04.2014 for reimbursement of the medical claim of Rs. 1,75,697/- even after submission of all medical bills.

2. The case of the petitioner is that he suffered severe chest pain on 06.04.2013, whereupon he was taken to the nearest hospital at Nimbaheda. On the advice of treating Doctors and upon the opinion of Cardiologist, he was taken to CIMS Hospital Private Limited at Ahmedabad for treatment. The treating Doctors of CIMS Hospital Private Limited conducted an operation for removing blockage in the heart of petitioner. The petitioner was subsequently discharged from the hospital on 09.04.2013. The petitioner thereafter raised a medical claim of Rs. 1,75,697/- for reimbursement but the same was rejected vide order dated 19.08.2014 on the ground that treatment undertaken by the petitioner was not from a recognized hospital or referral hospital.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents vehemently submitted that once petitioner has underwent treatment from a private Hospital whi