IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14301 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 08, 2011 Mubarik Hussain ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.Sanjeev Kumar Bawa, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The father of the petitioner died in the year 1994. His mother applied for compassionate appointment in the year 1996. Thereafter nothing transpired. The petitioner has explained the period of delay by saying that there was a correspondence going on between him and the department from 1996 to 2003. What correspondence was going on is not forthcoming. The petitioner again kept quiet for a period of five years, when he served a legal notice in the year 2008. The petitioner has been offered a compassionate assistance of ` 2.50 lacs. The petitioner has now approached this court for grant of compassionate appointment. The petitioner may exercise the option to accept the offer. At this belated stage, no compassion would stand in favour of the petitioner for appointment. Dismissed. August 08, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE