IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.15191 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 30, 2011. Kulwant Rai .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.K.Sharma Budhladawale, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner is aggrieved by the orders dated 19.8.2005 and 15.9.2008 (Annexures P-4 & P-8, respectively) whereby his claim for appointment on compassionate grounds under the Ex-gratia Policy has been rejected. The father of the petitioner was serving as an Inspector in the Cooperative Societies, Punjab when he unfortunately died on 3.1.2004 leaving behind his wife, three daughters and one son, namely, the petitioner who is the youngest child. The admitted facts are that the mother of the petitioner was also in Government service, working as Teacher and she retired w.e.f. 30.4.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation. The sisters CWP No.15191 of 2011 [2] of the petitioner are married and settled. In these circumstances, the formation of opinion by the Competent Authority that the petitioner was not fully dependent on his father and that the family had sufficient source of livelihood and as such the petitioner's claim for appointment on compassionate ground is unjustified, calls for no interference by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. The reliance placed by the petitioner on two decisions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Union of India and others versus Smt.Draupadi Behara and another (2005 (2) SCC 342; Syed Khadim Hussain versus State of Bihar and others (2006 (9) SCC 195 and Maharani Devi and another versus Union of India (2009 (7) SCC 295, also does not improve his case for the reason that one of the basic conditions for appointment on compassionate ground is as to whether or not the dependent family members of the deceased Government-employee have an immediate source of survival? In the instant case, the mother of the petitioner was in Government service and the family has been provided full financial assistance including Ex-gratia due to the unfortunate death of the petitioner's father. No case to interfere with the impugned orders is made out. Dismissed. August 30, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE