CWP No. 17228 of 2006 Page numbers In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CWP No. 17228 of 2006 Date of Decision: 31.10.2006 Navdeep Kaur ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others. ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr.Justice J.S. Khehar. Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.D. Anand. Present: Mr. Arun Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. ... J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral). The father of the petitioner, who was employed as a Constable, died in harness on 29.9.1986. The petitioner, who was allegedly 10 months old at the time of the death of her father, applied for appointment on compassionate grounds on attaining majority, through an application dated 20.12.2004. Through the instant writ petition filed in the year 2006 i.e. more than 20 years after the death of her father, the petitioner claims appointment on compassionate grounds. It is not possible for us to accept the prayer at the hands of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate grounds two decades after the death of her father in harness, on account of the fact, that appointment on compassionate grounds, is provided for, for elevating the financial hardship encountered by the dependents of an employee, who dies in harness. Such a CWP No. 17228 of 2006 Page numbers situation is not conceivable after 20 years of the death of an employee. Dismissed. ( J.S. Khehar ) Judge. ( S.D. Anand ) Judge. 31.10.2006 sk.