D. HARIPARANTHAMAN, J.

1. Heard both sides.

2. The petitioner was appointed as Junior Assistant in the respondent Department on 03.06.1981 and retired from service as Office Superintendent in the Office of the Joint Commissioner of Police, South Zone, Chennai on 30.04.2012.

3. The petitioner is a severe Cardiac patient since 2005. The same is not in dispute. It is also not in dispute that the Senior Cardiologists advised him to undergo Angiogram followed by a bypass surgery. But the petitioner was not willing to undergo an invasive treatment since both his father and brother died while performing Angiogram test. Hence, his family members did not opt for Angiogram followed by a by-pass surgery for the petitioner.

4. In these circumstances, the petitioner opted to undergo a non-invasive treatment called EECP (Enhanced External Counter Pulsation Therapy). He approached Oxymed Hospital, which is also an approved Hospital for the aforesaid non-invasive treatment. The Hospital stated that the estimated cost would come around Rs. 1,27,000/-.

5. The Joint Commissioner of Police, Chennai sent a letter dated 13.08.2010 to the General Manager, Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Li