CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL JAMMU BENCH, JAMMU Hearing through video conferencing Original Application No. 175/2025 Reserved on: - 12.08.2025 Pronounced on: - 19.02.2026 HON’BLE MR. RAJINDER SINGH DOGRA, MEMBER (J)

HON’BLE MR. RAM MOHAN JOHRI, MEMBER (A)

Parvinder Kour, Age 56 Years W/o Late Sh. Tajinder Pal Singh Salaria R/o H. No F-670 Near Jain Colony, Talab Tillo Camp Road Jammu- 180002 ...Applicant (By Advocate: - Mr. F.A. Natnoo)

VERSUS

1. UT of Jammu & Kashmir Through Principal Secretary to Government Power Development Department J&K Government Civil Secretariat, Jammu.

Pin Code:180001 2. Chief Engineer, JKPTCL, Jammu Pin Code-180001

3. Executive Engineer Division (Commercial)

JPTCL, Jammu Pin Code:-180001.

…Respondents (By Advocate: - Mr. Hunar Gupta, ld. DAG)

ORDER Per: - Rajinder Singh Dogra, Judicial Member

1. The applicant has filed the present Original Application under Section

19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking the following reliefs: -

In view of the aforementioned facts the Applicants pray for the following relief(s):-

I. Allow this Original application of the applicant.

II. Direct the respondents to accord sanction to the case of the applicant for release/reimbursement of Rs. 24,16,060.24/- Le. the actual amount of medical and other expenses incurred on the treatment of late husband of the applicant who was suffering from Hypertension and Chronic Liver Disease and had developed bilateral Pneumonia, decomposed CLD with cel/acute kidney injury (sepsis with multi organ dis-function syndrome) and had gone through the CCRT(Continuous renal replacement therapy) and other treatments from Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon from 06-03-2023 to 23-03-2023, in letter and spirit of the Provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Medical Attendance-Cum-Allowance) Rules 1990, alongwith interest @atleast 15% per annum till its realization, which shall be paid from the pockets of the authorities having remained at the helm of affairs, in the process of such illegal inaction.

III. Any other relief which this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem just and proper in the given facts and circumstances of the case may also be passed in favour of the applicant and against the respondents.

2. The facts of the case as averred by the applicant in her pleadings, are as follows: -

a) The applicant, Smt. Parvinder Kour, widow of Late Sh.

Tajinder Pal Singh Salaria, has filed the present Original Application seeking reimbursement of medical expenses amounting to ₹24,16,060.24/- incurred on the treatment of her husband during his hospitalization at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon, along with interest.

b) Late Sh. Tajinder Pal Singh Salaria was initially appointed as Junior Engineer in the Power Development Department in the year 1993 pursuant to his selection by the J&K Services Selection Board. Thereafter, on being selected through due process, he was appointed as Assistant Engineer on 23.01.2004 and subsequently promoted as Executive Engineer on 24.07.2019. At the time of the events in question, he was serving as Executive Engineer under JKPTCL.

c) In the first week of March 2023, the deceased officer proceeded to Delhi to visit his sister after seeking leave from the competent authority. Casual leave for five days w.e.f. 06.03.2023 to 11.03.2023 along with permission to leave station was sanctioned vide order dated 06.03.2023.

d) During his stay at Delhi, he developed severe medical complications and was admitted in emergency at Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon on the midnight of 05/06 March 2023. He remained hospitalized from 06.03.2023 to 23.03.2023. As per the discharge summary, he was admitted under the Hepatology team with complaints of jaundice, abdominal distension, reduced urine output and low-grade fever. He was diagnosed with Chronic Liver Disease (Decompensated), Bilateral Pneumonia, Sepsis with Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Acute Kidney Injury requiring Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CCRT), Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis (SLED), and Hyperte