Court No. - 17 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 223 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dinesh Kumar Shukla Respondent :- Union Of India Ministry Of Railways Thru. Secy. Railway Board New Delhi And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Birendra Narain Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard. Present case has been filed with the following main relief:- " i) Issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding the opposite party no. 3 to make the payment of re-imbursement claim of the petitioner within a prescribed time as decided by this Hon'ble Court" Learned Counsel for the applicant has submitted that the petitioner has already made a representation dated 25.11.2024 for reimbursement of medical expenses of Rs. 2,14,170/- incurred by the petitioner on his emergency spine surgery at ICON Hospital, Janki Puram, Lucknow but till date neither the medical reimbursement has been made to the applicant nor any decision has been taken on the representation of the petitioner. After arguing at some length, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer to the extent that respondent no. 3- Principal Chief Medical Officer/Extra Divisional Railway Hospital, R.D.S.O., Lucknow may be directed to take a decision on the representation of the petitioner dated 25.11.2024 within a stipulated time as this Hon'ble Court may fix. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the aforesaid prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. Therefore, in view of the above, without entering into merits of the issue, I hereby dispose of this petition finally at the admission stage with a direction to the respondent no. 3 to consider and dispose of the same strictly, by speaking and reasoned order in accordance with law after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if it is so required, with expedition preferably, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and the decision thereof shall be intimated to the petitioner forthwith. Order Date :- 10.1.2025/Ashish Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench