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ARINDAM LODH
Ranadhir Debbarma – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura & Others – Respondent
JUDGMENT
By way of filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has raised his grievance for his application for reimbursement of medical bills being arbitrarily rejected by the respondents.
The facts are that, the mother of the petitioner was suffering from acute cancer. Considering the eligibility of the petitioner being an employee under the State-respondents, his mother was referred to TATA Medical Centre, Kolkata by an authorized Medical Board of the Government of Tripura as she was suffering from cancer. The mother of the petitioner was treated there in the hospital. After completion of treatment, she was advised to follow-up action. Thereafter, the petitioner came back to Agartala leaving his mother in Kolkata. After few days, the petitioner was informed by his mother about her further complications. Accordingly, the petitioner went to Kolkata and he took his mother to TATA Medical Centre for treatment. It is pertinent to mention here that from the discharge summary dated 10.05.2018, it is revealed that the mother of the petitioner was advised to consult with Cardiology Unit of AMRI hospital preferably with Dr. Manojit Lodha/ Dr. Subhasish Roy Choudhury. Accordingly, his m
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