IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4213 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 09, 2011. Anita Sharma .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Narinder Singh Dadwal, 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 daughter of one Surinder Sharma who was a driver in the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana. It is averred that while the father of the petitioner was on official duty alongwith a Chowkidar, namely, Pushkar when both were murdered by the robbers in order to commit robbery of the cash/assets of the Corporation. If the averments made by the petitioner were to be true, the Corporation has acted in a most insensitive manner as neither the petitioner's brother nor she has been offered any employment, notwithstanding the fact that the deceased has left behind his wife and two children who were fully dependent upon him. The petitioner's brother applied for appointment on compassionate ground but it appears that his C.W.P.No .4213 of 2011 2 request was turned down on the plea of delay. The petitioner has now referred to a Policy Circular dated 22.6.2001 (Annexure P-5) issued by the Government of Punjab granting relaxation in time period for submission of application for appointment on compassionate grounds. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of at this stage with a direction to the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana to consider the petitioner's claim for appointment on compassionate grounds and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana shall also mention in the speaking order as the benefits to which the deceased was entitled to at the time of his untimely death, have so far been released to the family of the deceased-employee. A compliance report be submitted. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 09, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE