The Delhi High Court upheld a CAT order directing the Railways to fully reimburse Covid treatment costs for a retired employee, ruling that medical reimbursement is an enforceable right. The Railways must pay the balance with 8 per cent interest

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by the Union government against a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order directing full reimbursement of medical expenses to a retired railway employee for Covid-19 treatment.

A Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Madhu Jain upheld the CAT’s February 13 order in favour of Ayodhya Prasad, a former Office Superintendent-II who retired from Banaras Locomotive Works in 2004, observing that medical reimbursement is not a matter of “concession or charity but an enforceable right”.

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