(This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to pay a sum of Rs.60,039/- as reimbursement for medical expenses of the petitioner's son, who underwent heart surgery in the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State.)

In this writ petition, petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to pay a sum of Rs.60,039/- as reimbursement towards the medical expenses of the petitioner's son, who underwent heart surgery in the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State.

2. The brief facts necessary for disposal of the writ petition as stated in the affidavit in support of the writ petition are as follows.

(a) Petitioner joined as a Head Messenger in the Public Works Department on 3.7.1971 and retired from the service on 28.2.2005 as Works Inspector. The petitioner is a native of Muthalakurichi in Kanyakumari District. In the year 1998, while he was working as Works Inspector under the Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Building Construction and Maintenance Division, Nager