CWP No.18876 of 1997(O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.18876 of 1997(O&M) Date of Decision: 12.07.2011 Malkiat Kaur ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present: Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pawar, Addl. AG, Punjab. ***** 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner who has sought for a compassionate appointment in this writ petition was also afforded by such appointment on 20.02.2006 during the pendency of the writ petition. The grievance of the petitioner is that the appointment order had not been originally issued to her without adequate reason and therefore, the appointment which was granted in the year 2006 ought to be taken as granted even on the date when the application for appointment was made soon after her husband's death. 2. I cannot accept this argument, for an appointment to a new post on compassionate ground, cannot be taken from a fictitious date by a notional extension that the compassionate appointment ought to have been made when such application was made. Compassionate appointment itself is deviation CWP No.18876 of 1997(O&M) [2] from the principle enshrined in the Article 14 and it is meant only to relieve the family of dependents from immediate financial distress. If the death was in the year 1990, grant of compassionate appointment, even after a considerable delay must be taken as sufficient consolation. 3. If the authorities ultimately found that her candidature was wrongly rejected and thus she was entitled to appointment, the petitioner must treat herself as sufficiently rewarded. No further consideration of taking the appointment as effective from the date she had applied could have been entertained. The fact of compassionate grounds is yet recorded and no further relief is necessary. 4. The writ petition is disposed of. JULY 12, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE