IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 26.07.2010 COCP No.784 of 2010 Darshana Devi ...Petitioner Versus Urvashi Gulati, Chief Secretary, Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present : Mr. S.S.Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Aman Chaudhary, Addl. AG, Haryana, for the respondents. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral) In terms of the directions issued by this Court on 13.07.2009, the respondents have passed an order on 08.09.2009 declining the claim of the petitioner for ex-gratia compensation in terms of her option. It is also pointed out that a sum of Rs.2,50,000/- was offered to the petitioner as Ex- gratia compensation, but the same has not been accepted by the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the order passed by the competent authority is against the Rules and the option exercised by the petitioner. Since an order has been passed after considering the option exercised by the petitioner, I do not find that any case for initiation of contempt proceedings is made out. Consequently, the present petition is dismissed. However, it shall be open to the petitioner to challenge the order passed by the respondents in appropriate proceedings in accordance with law. Rule discharged. 26.07.2010 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE