C.W.P.No.12072-CAT of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.12072-CAT of 2007 Date of Decision : 10.04.2008 Chandigarh Administration .....Petitioner versus Khushwant Singh and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL Present : Ms.Jai Shree Thakur, Advocate and Shri Vishal Sodhi, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Sukhdeep Brar, Advocate for respondent No.1. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? JUDGMENT HEMANT GUPTA, J. The challenge in the present writ petition is to the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as `the Tribunal') dated 30.8.2006, Annexure P-1, whereby an Original Application filed by Khushwant Singh-respondent No.1 seeking appointment of compassionate ground was allowed and the present petitioner was directed to consider the case of the applicant for appointment on compassionate ground against any available post. The learned Tribunal has relied upon its earlier order passed in cases 'Mukesh Kumar Versus Union of India, Randhir Singh versus Union of India and Bhupender Kaur versus Union of India. C.W.P.No.12072-CAT of 2007 2 The orders passed in the aforesaid Original Applications have since been set aside by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.5994-CAT of 2007, Union Territory, Chandgiarh and others Versus Racho Devi and another, decided on 14.3.2008. In view of the reasons recorded in the aforesaid writ petition, which are applicable to the facts of the present case as well, the order passed by the learned Tribunal in the present case is not tenable. Consequently, the present writ petition is allowed. The order passed by the learned Tribunal dated 30.8.2006, Annexure P-1 is set aside. The Original Application of the applicant-respondent is dismissed with no order as to costs. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 10-04-2008 (MOHINDER PAL) *mohinder JUDGE