IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 2319 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: FEBRUARY 16, 2011 Maya Ram .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana & another ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. S.S. Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Shruti Jain, AAG, Haryana, for the State. Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate, for respondent No.2. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition to seek appointment on compassionate grounds. The prayer is to grant compassionate appointment to the petitioner in terms of the policy instructions. The father of the petitioner, who was working as Mali on regular basis, died on 7.4.2005. The petitioner applied for appointment in the year 2005. In the meantime, the Rules were changed in the year 2006, whereby compassionate assistance instead of compassionate appointment is the condition. In response to notice, the respondents have filed Civil Writ Petition No. 2319 of 2008 -2- reply. It is pointed out that at the time of submitting application, the petitioner was 42 years old as his date of birth being 5.4.1963. He is now 48 years old. Under no rule or regulation governing compassionate appointment, the petitioner can be offered appointment at this age. There is no merit in the petition. The same is, accordingly, dismissed. February 16, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE