HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA W.P.(C) No.24 of 2025

1. Smt. Ajita Tripura (Debbarma)

W/o- Lt. Rabindra Debbarma, D/o- Lt. Shyama Charan Tripura, Of Ward No- 14, B.K. Road, Ganesh Thakur Lane, Near Bijoy Kumar School, Krishnanagar, P.S.-West Agartala, District- West Tripura, Tripura-799001.

………Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

1. The State of Tripura, To be represented by Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Tripura, New Secretariat Building, New Capital Complex, Kunjaban, Agartala, West Tripura, Pin- 799010.

2. The Director, Director of Secondary Education, Government of Tripura, Office Lane, Agartala, West Tripura Pin- 799001.

3. The District Education Officer, West District Zonal Office, Agartala, Tripura, Pin- 799006 …….Respondent(s).

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Elembrok Debbarma, Adv, Mr. Akbar Debbarma, Adv.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kohinoor N. Bhattacharyya, G.A.

Date of Hearing : 19.01.2026 Date of delivery of Judgment and Order : 28.01.2026 Whether fit for Reporting : YES HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE BISWAJIT PALIT Judgment & Order Heard Learned Counsel, Mr. E. Debbarma appearing on behalf of the petitioner and also heard Learned G.A., Mr. K.

N. Bhattacharyya appearing on behalf of the respondents.

02. This writ petition is filed by the petitioner praying for directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to reimburse the medical expenses amounting to Rs.14,60,400/- and the travel allowances of Rs.34,347/- incurred by the petitioner for the purpose of treatment of her dependent-son at Apollo Hospital, Kolkata.

03. According to Learned Counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner is a Group-B, Government Employee serving as Headmistress at R.K. Ganj High School, Dukli, West Tripura, under the department of Secondary Education, Government of Tripura. The petitioner is the mother of her dependent-son, Shri Salka Debbarma aged 28 years, who has been suffering from chronic liver disease with upper Gastro Intestinal complications. According to Learned Counsel, on 21.03.2024 the petitioner‟s dependent-son was admitted to AGMC & GBP Hospital due to critical nature of his health condition and thereafter, on 24.03.2024 upon the recommendation of the State Medical Board, AGMC & GBP Hospital, Agartala, he was referred to Apollo Hospital, Kolkata for advanced treatment. Accordingly, the dependent-son of the petitioner was admitted at Apollo Hospital, Kolkata on 24.03.2024. In support of his contention, Learned Counsel relied upon Annexure-4, i.e. the certificate of the State Referral Board. At Kolkata Hospital the son of the petitioner was admitted w.e.f. 24.03.2024 to 16.04.2024 wherein he undergone surgery and medical treatment and for the purpose of treatment the total medical expenditure incurred was Rs.14,60,400/- and at the time of shifting the son of the petitioner, the petitioner had to arrange an escort of doctor, oxygen cylinder with complete medical system as advised by the State Medical Board. After that as the treatment at Kolkata Hospital did not yield satisfactory result, so, the petitioner had to approach in institute of liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi and consulted doctors therein. On 29.07.2024 the petitioner submitted an application for medical reimbursement amounting to Rs.14,60,400/- which was received by the authority. As the physical condition of the son of the petitioner was not improved, so, the petitioner had to arrange for his treatment at Delhi for liver transplantation for which cost of Rs.18,45,000/- was incurred and the petitioner had to manage the entire amount by borrowing money from his relatives. After that the petitioner submitted written application to the District Education Officer, West District requesting for imbursement of Rs.14,60,400/- and on 07.10.2024, she submitted another application to the authority for reimbursement of travelling allowances amounting to Rs.34,347/-. But the Joint Director, Directorate of Secondary Education by a memo dated 14.11.2024 (Annexure-10) rejected the claim of the petitioner on th