IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5772 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 27, 2009 Surinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Food Corporation of India & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sanjeev K. Tamak, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.K. Gupta, Advocate, for the respondents. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider and appoint the petitioner in Category-III post on compassionate ground. It transpires that father of the petitioner died on 15.8.2001. Mother of the petitioner made a representation to the respondent-Corporation on 16.10.2001 for grant of Ex-Gratia appointment to the petitioner who was studying in B.A. Part-I at that point in time. It further transpires from the written statement that the application filed on behalf of the petitioner as noticed above, was assigned Serial No.770. Last appointment made during the year 2000- CWP No.5772 of 2008 [2] 2001 in Category IV post was upto Serial No.513. As per instructions, appointments only against 5% quota of posts meant for direct recruitment can be made available on compassionate ground. Subsequently, the petitioner has been silent on the issue. It is after five years of death of father of the petitioner that an application was made on 19.1.2006. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to show how the case of the petitioner is covered under the instructions. The very fact that family of the petitioner has survived for five years, shows that there is no ground to issue directions in favour of the petitioner. Compassionate appointment is intended to provide immediate relief to the family on the sudden death of earning member. Appointment on compassionate ground is not a vested right and it cannot be claimed at any time in future. No ground for issuing directions is made out. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) January 27, 2009 JUDGE avin