IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10098 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 27, 2010. Lakhbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Harinder Pal Singh Ishar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Mr.B.S.Chahal, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 17.3.2009 (Annexure P-2) whereby his appointment to the post of Clerk on compassionate ground under the Ex-gratia Scheme has been cancelled on the ground that he does fulfill the requisite qualification(s) for the said C.W.P.No .10098 of 2010 2 post, as prescribed vide Government Notification dated 10.2.2009 whereby Rule 15 of the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994 has been amended and the minimum qualification for the post of Clerk has been enhanced from 10+2 to Graduation. According to the petitioner, his father unfortunately died in harness on 9.12.2008 and he applied for appointment on compassionate grounds on 23.1.2009 well before the amendment in the Rules. If the above mentioned dates given by the petitioner are to be true, suffice it to observe that his claim for appointment on compassionate grounds deserves to be re-considered in terms of the orders dated 28.1.2010 and 8.2.2010 passed by this Court in Civil Writ Petition Nos.8155 of 2009 (Deepak versus State of Punjab and another) and Civil Writ Petition No.10859 of 2009 (Sunita Devi versus State of Punjab and others), (Annexure P-5 & P-6) respectively. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to re-consider the claim of the petitioner for appointment as Clerk on compassionate grounds in the light of the above cited decisions of this Court, within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. It is further directed that the consequential order(s) shall also be passed within the afore-stated stipulated period. Dasti. May 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE