IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.12618 of 2008 Date of decision: August 11, 2008 Naresh Kumar -----Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana and others -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG Present: Mr. JS Beniwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Adarsh Kumar Goel,J. This petition seeks quashing of letter dated 15.5.2007, Annexure P.12 and seeks direction for release of financial assistance on compassionate basis. Case of the petitioner is that his father died in harness on 3.7.1994. The petitioner applied for compassionate appointment and since he was a minor, the said request was kept pending. After becoming major, he again applied in the year 2003 and also sought compassionate financial assistance in terms of policy of the Government dated 28.2.2003. The said prayer has been declined vide Annexure P.13 observing that the petitioner was only 9 years CWP No.12618 of 2008 of age at the time of death and, thus, was not eligible. It is clear from the record that the policy of giving financial assistance was not in force at the time of making of claim by the petitioner or at the time of death. It is well settled that compassionate appointment may be given to get over sudden financial crisis but it cannot be claimed as a right after many years. Reference may be made to judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Umesh Kumar Nagpal vs. State of Haryana and others, (1994) 4 SCC 138 : 1994(2) SLR 677 and Punjab National Bank v. Ashwini Kumar Taneja, AIR 2004 SC 4155. No ground is made out for interference with the impugned order. The petition is dismissed. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge August 11, 2008 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) ‘gs’ Judge 2