CWP No. 21733 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh … CWP No. 21733 of 2010 Date of decision:December 6, 2010 Ganpat ..Petitioner. Versus Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd. and others ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Permod Kohli Present: Mr.S.S.Kharb, Advocate for the petitioner. ... Permod Kohli,J.(Oral) Notice of motion. Mr. Parveen Gupta, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner's mother, namely, Lakshmi Devi was working as a Safai Karamchari. She died on 11.9.2005 in harness. The petitioner is the son of the deceased employee. The deceased-employee was terminated in the year 1999. She approached the Labour Court and by virtue of the award dated 18.12.2001, she was ordered to be reinstated with full back wages. CWP No. 12066 of 2003 filed against the award of the Labour Court also dismissed by this court vide order dated 4.8.2003. As a consequence of the above, the deceased-employee rejoined her duty on 10.3.2004. After the death of the employee, the petitioner applied for CWP No. 21733 of 2010 2 compassionate appointment in accordance with Government policy. Despite various correspondence amongst the functionaries of the Government, the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment has not been decided. Petitioner served legal notice dated 30.9.2008 (Annexure P-10) followed by representation Annexure P-14 and P-15. Till date, the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment has not been decided. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. In the event, the claim is to be rejected, the same shall be by a speaking and reasoned order. December 6,2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) nk JUDGE