IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7879 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION : 23.04.2009 Shyam Bahadur .... PETITIONER Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Mohnish Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.1 to 3. Ms. Sushma Chopra, Addl. A.G., Haryana, for respondent No.4. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) Shri Jai Ram Singh, father of the petitioner, was working as Chowkidar in the office of Superintending Engineer (Operation) Circle, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited, Kurukshetra – respondent. He died on 1.3.2003 at the age of 59 years. After his death, the petitioner being son of the deceased employee applied for the grant of ex-gratia appointment. Vide order dated 30.11.2004 (Annexure P-6), claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment was rejected. However, it was mentioned that family of the deceased employee is entitled for cash CWP No. 7879 of 2006 -2- financial assistance under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the dependents of deceased Govt. Employees Rules, 2003. In the instant petition, the petitioner has challenged the said order. Today, during the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions from the petitioner, states that he does not want to press the claim for compassionate appointment. However, he restricts his prayer for issuing direction to the respondents to release the financial assistance to the family of the deceased under the aforesaid Rules. Learned counsel for respondents No.1 to 3, on instructions from the respondent Nigam, states that the financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 2.5 lacs will be released to the family of the deceased employee within a period of two months, subject to completion of requisite formalities. The petitioner may approach the office of respondent No.3 to complete those formalities and thereafter, the respondents are directed to release the amount of the aforesaid financial assistance to the family of the deceased employee within a period of 15 days. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. April 23, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE