IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 327 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 04.08.2011 Smt. Darshna Devi ..Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR, Present : Mr. Anil Malik, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Aman Chaudhary, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondents. 1. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** M.M.KUMAR, .J. The son of the appellant was offered compassionate appointment of a Class-IV post on 29.01.2004. However, he was not prepared to work as a Peon. He claimed the post of Clerk which was not available. Thereafter, he also started claiming that he should be paid ex-gratia grant for a sum of ` 2.5 lacs as compassionate assistance in the alternative. 2. The learned Single Judge repelled the claim on the ground that the appellant did not seem to suffer from any shortage of funds because otherwise he would have accepted the job of Peon. The learned Single Judge also held that such a huge lapse of time would itself be sufficient to show that the son of the appellant as well as the LPA No. 327 of 2011 (O&M) [2] appellant herself, who is the widow are not in need of any State assistance. They have proved by their acts and conducts that there was no financial crisis for them to tide over. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties we are of the considered view that once the son of the appellant has refused to work on a Class-IV post and insisted to a work on a white colour post then it would not lead to passing of any order favourable to the appellant. The appeal is wholly without merit and does not warrant admission. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. (M.M.KUMAR) JUDGE (ARVIND KUMAR) 04.08.2011 JUDGE 'ravinder'