INDIAN COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH vs PRAMOD NISCHAL

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 376/2025, CM APPL. 1800/2025 & CM APPL. 1801/2025 INDIAN COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, Adv. versus PRAMOD NISCHAL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Asish Nischal, Mr. Arun Nischal and Mr. S. K. Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 20.01.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The respondent’s mother Shakuntla Sekhri was a Central Government Health Scheme1 beneficiary, whose husband was employed in the Indian Council for Agricultural Research2. He died in harness. Shakuntla Sekhri was in receipt of family pension from ICAR as the widow of her deceased husband. 2. Ms. Shakuntla Sekhri suffered a fracture on her left hip on 1 October 2021. She was taken to Saroj Hospital, Rohini, Delhi, which is admittedly an empanelled CGHS Hospital. She was admitted in 1 CGHS 2 ICAR 2021. 3. The respondent sought reimbursement of the medical expenses incurred in the replacement surgery undergone by his mother. 4. The petitioner granted reimbursement but only at the CGHS rates. 5. The respondent accordingly approached the Central Administrative Tribu