IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. L.P.A. No.1220 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision: 11.11.2009 State of Haryana and others. -----Appellants Vs. Smt. Om Wati. -----Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. Rameshwar Malik, Addl.A.G., Haryana. for the appellants. --- ORDER: 1. The State is aggrieved by direction of learned Single Judge, allowing the claim of the respondent widow for compassionate assistance. 2. Case of the respondent was that her husband was murdered while in service on 14.3.2000 and she sought compassionate appointment. Though compassionate appointment was not given, option was given to her to accept compassionate assistance as per policy of the State, which she did not. Later, finding that she was not getting appointment, she applied for compassionate assistance, which was declined, which LPA No.1220 of 2009 led to filing of the petition. The appellants contested the petition by submitting that once she failed to exercise option to get compassionate assistance and insisted on getting compassionate appointment, she was estopped from getting compassionate assistance. This objection has been rejected by learned Single Judge. 3. We have heard learned counsel for the appellants. 4. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that under the policy, once option for getting compassionate assistance was not exercised, later the widow could not seek the same. 5. We are unable to accept the submission. The object of compassionate assistance is to help the widow who may be in miserable condition on account of death of her husband and a hyper technical view cannot be taken to deny just claim. Even if the widow did not exercise option for compassionate assistance on the account of her thinking that she may get a job, she could not be debarred from seeking compassionate assistance, merely because she had exercised option to get a job, which she never got. 6. We, thus, do not find any ground to interfere with the view taken by the learned Single Judge. 7. The appeal is dismissed. (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL) JUDGE November 11, 2009 ( GURDEV SINGH ) ashwani JUDGE 2