CWP No.16333 of 1998 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C. W. P. No. 16333 of 1998 Date of Decision: 8 - 7 - 2010 Mohinder Kaur ....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA *** Present: Ms.Lisa Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Puri, Addl.A.G., Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4. None for respondent No.5. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Mohinder Kaur has filed the present writ petition assailing the action of the respondents, whereby appointment was denied to her on compassionate grounds. It is prayed in the writ petition that a writ in the nature of mandamus be issued and the State Government be directed to appoint the petitioner as Class III/IV employee on compassionate grounds due to the death of her husband while he was discharging his duties. Briefly stated, case of the petitioner is that her husband Constable Sukhdev Singh was deployed with the Excise Department and CWP No.16333 of 1998 [2] while discharging the duties, he expired. Copy of the death certificate has been attached as Annexure P1. Petitioner applied to Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala and sought employment on compassionate grounds. Copies of communication to this effect are Annexures P2 and P3 have been relied upon. In response to the writ petition, officials respondents have taken a stand that petitioner was not appointed, as she was more than 45 years of age. In the writ petition, petitioner has stated that her date of birth is 28.9.1951. Petitioner has already attained the age on which a Government employee superannuates. Therefore, the prayer made in the present writ petition cannot be entertained. Hence, the present writ petition is dismissed. ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) July 8, 2010. JUDGE RC