IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 16737 of 2006 Date of Decision: 19.10.2006 Gurpreet Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others. .. Respondents Coram : Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.S. Khehar, Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.D. Anand. Present : Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Advocate, for the petitioner. J.S. Khehar, J. (Oral) Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner claims appointment on compassionate grounds, under the ex-gratia scheme, on account of death of his father, who was an employee of the State Police Department. The pleadings of the instant case reveal that the father of the petitioner died in harness on 29.12.1996 i.e. almost a decade before the filing of the instant writ petition. One cannot lose sight of the fact that appointment on compassionate grounds under the ex-gratia scheme of the State Government, is meant to tide over a situation of extreme and suddenly financial hardship emerging on account of the death of a Government employee in harness. Since father of the petitioner died more than a decade before the filing of the instant writ petition, we are of the view, that claim of the petitioner under ex-gratia scheme of the State Government, is wholly unsustainable under law. Dismissed. (J.S. Khehar) Judge October 19, 2006 (S.D. Anand) vkd Judge