IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13377 of 2006 Date of Decision: 24.1.2008 Amit Kumar Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Shri R.S.Malik, Advocate for the petitioner Shri Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G. Haryana for the respondents Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) Father of the petitioner died on 11.9.1995. The petitioner was minor at that time. His mother was eligible to get service on compassionate basis but she opted not to do so. She moved an application by stating that her children are minor and that one post be kept reserved for her son to be offered to him as and when he attains majority. Thereafter, the petitioner and his mother remained silent and agitated the matter only in the year 2003, by submitting an application for compassionate appointment to the petitioner, which was rejected vide order Annexure P/6 dated 29.7.2003. The petitioner again remained silent and filed this writ petition after a lapse of more than three years, by claiming appointment on compassionate basis or in the alternative prayer is for grant of financial benefits, as were available under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules 2003. Civil Writ Petition No.13377 of 2006 In response to the notice, it has been stated that the petitioner is not eligible to get benefit under the above said rules. After hearing counsel for the parties, we feel that case of the petitioner has rightly been rejected. Counsel for the petitioner has failed to show us any rules/ instructions, on the basis of which, the petitioner was entitled to get any ex-gratia benefit in the year 1995, when his father had died. Admittedly, the petitioner was minor at that time. His mother opted not to get government job. Idea of instructions, to grant appointment on compassionate basis, is to bring the family of the deceased government employee out of immediate financial crises, which purpose seems to have been achieved/ appears to be over because father of the petitioner died in the year 1995. There is no provision on the basis of which any post can be reserved for minor children of the deceased employee. Government posts are not posts of inheritance. As per judgment of the Supreme Court in Abhishek Kumar v. State of Haryana and others, 2007(3) RSJ 121, instructions, for grant of benefits on compassionate basis, which were prevalent at the time when death had occurred, are to be applied, to give benefit. Dismissed. (Jasbir Singh) Judge January 24, 2008 (Jaswant Singh) gk Judge 2