IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 773 of 2007 Date of Decision: 21.1.2010 Satish Yadav ....Petitioner. Versus Haryana State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Ltd. ...Respondent. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. R.K. Malik, Senior Advocate with Mr. Jitender Bedwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Dalal, Advocate for the respondent. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. The petitioner has approached this Court by way of instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari seeking quashing of the order dated 20.11.2006 (Annexure P-3) whereby his claim for compassionate appointment was rejected by the respondent-Bank. In view of the consensus between the parties, it is not necessary to go into the detailed facts of the case. Upon notice of motion having been issued, the respondent- Bank has filed its reply. An additional affidavit dated 23.3.2009 of Satbir Singh Sharma, Managing Director of the respondent-Bank has also been filed wherein it has been stated that as per the State Government policy, ex-gratia appointment has been stopped w.e.f. 1.8.2006 and only CWP No. 773 of 2007 -2- financial assistance is to be provided to the family of the deceased employee. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case the respondent-Bank is directed to provide the financial assistance according to the rules/policy to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the respondent is agreed for the aforesaid relief being granted to the petitioner and states that the needful shall be done within three months. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent-Bank to provide the financial assistance to the petitioner as per rules/Policy within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. January 21, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) gbs JUDGE