IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 22912 of 2010 Date of Decision: 19.09.2011 Paramjit Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. P.K.Garg, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner was appointed as a Class-IV Peon vide appointment letter dated 07.07.2010 (Annexure P-10) on compassionate ground. The said appointment letter has been withdrawn few days thereafter on 29.07.2010 on the ground that the petitioner at the time when she applied for compassionate appointment was already married and not dependent on her deceased mother. It is urged on behalf of the petitioner that should there have been an opportunity of hearing the petitioner would have persuaded the authorities to retain her in service. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, I am of the considered view that once the petitioner had been appointed and joined, the appointment letter could not have been withdrawn without CWP No. 22912 of 2010 [2] issuing any show cause notice. On this ground alone and without expressing any view on the petitioner's entitlement for appointment on compassionate ground, the writ petition is allowed. Impugned order dated 29.07.2010 (Annexure P-12) is set aside with liberty to the Deputy Commissioner, Mansa to pass an appropriate order after observing the principle of natural justice, namely, to issue show cause notice to the petitioner. 19.09.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE