Honble SHIV KUMAR SHARMA, J.–Is the claim of the petitioner for medical reimbursement valid and justified in the facts and circumstances of this case, is the core question which emerges for consideration in the instant writ petition.

(2). The petitioners husband late Shri Jagpal Singh, was the member of the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service (in short Higher Judicial Service). When he was holding the post of President District Consumer Redressal Forum, Dausa in the year 2000 he suspected to be a severe heart patient. He was examined by the Expert Cardiology of SMS Hospital, who advised him to undergo heart surgery. His case was referred to a Medical Board for examining the feasibility and place of heart surgery, which submitted its report on May 26, 2000. It was inter alia stated in the report that Jagpal Singh is suffering from Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (for short CABG) and his three vessels require grafting, therefore he needed CABG operation. It was further recommended that although this facility was available in the State of Rajasthan, yet he was referred to All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi or Escorts Hospital, New Delhi as he wanted to be operated in New D

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