CWP No.6051/2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.6051/2007 Date of Decision: 17.1.2008. Sanjay Kumar ............. Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others. ..............Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Mr.ML Saini,Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Harish Rathee,Sr.D.A.G.Haryana. ***** JASBIR SINGH, J.(ORAL) Father of the petitioner died on 11.9.2005. By filing this writ petition he is praying that direction be issued to the respondents to give him compassionate appointment as per the rules, prevalent at the time when death has occurred. Concededly, when father of the petitioner died the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules,2003 (for short 2003 Rules) were in existence. Thereafter, new rules were notified on 18.11.2005, vide which 2003 Rules were repealed. Now it is to be seen under what Rules petitioner is entitled to claim benefit, prayed in this writ petition. A similar controversy came up for consideration before Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Abhishek Kumar v. State of Haryana and others, 2007(2) SCT 457. In para 5 of that judgment it was observed that the rules, which were applicable at the time when Government employee had died, are applicable and benefit be given under those rules. CWP No.6051/2007 2 In view of the ratio of the judgment referred to above,we dispose of this writ petition by issuing directions to the respondents to consider case of the petitioner as per 2003 Rules. Needful be done within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 17.1.2008 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge