CWP No.21567 of 2008 --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 21567 of 2008 Date of decision : 3.3.2010 Ram Ratti and another ...Petitioners Versus The Hissar Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. & another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. Bhoop Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. C R Dahiya, Advocate, for the respondents. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have approached this Court seeking quashing of letter dated 11.11.2008 (Annexure P-10) whereby petitioner No.1 was asked to receive Rs.2,50,000/- as financial assistance on account of the death of her husband Wazir Singh, who died on 12.6.1998 while in service of respondent No.1 as Secretary. The petitioners being wife and son of the deceased Wazir Singh, have claimed that respondents be directed either to provide compassionate appointment to petitioner No.2 or to release an amount of financial assistance in terms of the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (in short, "the policy of 2006"). CWP No.21567 of 2008 --2-- Few facts may be noticed. Wazir Singh, husband of petitioner No.1 and father of petitioner No.2, was appointed on the post of Secretary with respondent No.1-Bank on 3.8.1980. While in service, he died on 12.6.1998 and at the time of his death, he was 41 years of age. Petitioner No.1 applied for compassionate appointment for herself on 24.8.1998 and completed all formalities therefor, but when her prayer was not acceded to, the petitioners filed the present petition. On the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the respondents had offered that in case, the petitioners were prepared to accept only financial assistance in terms of the Policy of 2006, the respondent No.1-Bank was agreeable to pay the same to them in accordance therewith. Learned counsel for the petitioners had sought time to seek instructions in this regard. Today, on instructions from the petitioners, learned counsel states that the case of deceased Wazir Singh falls within the ambit of Clause 5(1)(b) of the policy of 2006, notified by the Haryana Government vide Notification dated 1.8.2006, because he at the time of his death was more than 35 years of age and below 48 years and, therefore, they are prepared to accept the financial assistance in terms thereof. Learned counsel for the respondents states that the financial assistance in terms of Clause 5(1)(b) ibid, shall be given to the petitioners at the earliest. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to calculate the arrears in terms of the aforesaid provision and release the same to the petitioners within three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of CWP No.21567 of 2008 --3-- this order. However, the monthly pay and other allowances in terms of the aforesaid provision shall be released every month in accordance with the Policy of 2006. March 03, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE