IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 10.12.2025 Pronounced on: 26.02.2026 Uploaded on: 26.02.2026 Parminder Singh ….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Pulkit Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. T.P.S. Walia, AAG, Punjab.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1) The petitioner has been constrained to knock the doors of this Court by invoking its inherent jurisdiction under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, as his claim for medical reimbursement on account of liver and kidney transplantation (cadaver donor), was considered and sanctioned at the rates prescribed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, but rest of the claim was denied, in terms of the Medical Reimbursement Policy dated 13.02.1995 (Annexure R-2), and clarification dated 23.01.1998.

2) Succinctly put, the petitioner was retired as Assistant Engineer from the department of PWD (B&R), Punjab, on 31.03.2016. However, in the year 2010, he was diagnosed with a kidney ailment, and therefore, remained under treatment with the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (PGI