SSB added that as per the CGHS standards, Kumar was given the reimbursement
amount of Rs 6 lakh against the bill of Rs 11 lakh post-treatment.
S ashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in response to allegations made by a 30-year-old jawan –
accusing it of illegally deducting his salary to recover the loan taken from the welfare
fund – said that the deductions were made according to the set guidelines.
It quoted from minutes of the 24th governing body meeting held in January 2015, which
unanimously decided that if an individual receives his medical reimbursement from the
department, the amount of advance from the central welfare fund should be recouped in
total, not in installments.
It added that as per the CGHS standards, Kumar was given the reimbursement amount of
Rs 6 lakh against the bill of Rs 11 lakh post-treatment. It added that the hospital that
Kumar took treatment from was neither a government hospital nor an empanelled private
one.
SSB also brushed aside Kumar’s claim that no facility was available in AIIMS or any other
empanelled hospital in Delhi for the complex kidney transplant that he had taken
treatment for from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
Manish Kumar had recently moved Delhi High Court through advocate Tushar Sannu
against the 85 per cent deduction from his salary which had made it impossible for him to
fend himself and his family.
He claimed that as a result of getting posted in high altitude regions, his health
deteriorated and his kidney was damaged.