A miffed high court on Monday asked the UT administration to "examine the feasibility" of framing a scheme for freedom fighters to enable them to get the benefit of free medical treatment. The division bench, headed by justice Tirath Singh Thakur and justice Surya Kant, expressed surprise over the UT administration's failure to put in place such a scheme even as UT of Pondicherry had already got one. Importantly, the Chandigarh Administration had stated in its reply that "there are no rules or instructions for providing free medical facility to freedom fighters".
The judges directed the administration to examine within two months the feasibility of framing such a scheme for providing free medical treatment in its hospitals to freedom fighters living in Chandigarh, said HC Arora, petitioner. The administration was free to draw from schemes framed in other parts of the country, including Pondicherry.
The orders came during the resumed hearing on the PIL on the subject by HC Arora with the latter bringing it to the court's notice that in Pondicherry, the freedom fighters and their spouses were entitled to free medical treatment, including hospitalization in class-A wards of state and central government's institutions. This is not all. Pondicherry resident freedom fighters were are also given free passes for travelling in buses registered in Pondicherry.
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