JUDGMENT :

1. The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to pay a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (rupees fifty lacs) to the petitioner under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting Covid-19 (hereinafter to be referred as “the Scheme”) issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India vide order dated 28.03.2020 and circulated to all Chief Secretaries of the State/Administrators of Union Territories vide D.O. No. Z-21020/16/2020-PH dated 30.03.2020. Further prayer has been made for quashing and setting aside the decision communicated through E-mail dated 04.09.2020 to the Nodal Officer, Jharkhand Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme, whereby it has been decided that the deceased husband of the petitioner does not fall under the category of insured persons envisaged to be covered under the aforesaid scheme and hence found ineligible for the benefit. The petitioner has also prayed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to pay her interest at the rate of 9% per annum with effect from the date the same was payable till the date of actual payment.

2. The learned coun