KRISHAN MATA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Through the present petition, the petitioner seeks appointment on compassionate ground or in the alternative, consideration of her case for the grant of ex-gratia compensation under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as the 2003 Rules).

(2.) In view of the afore-referred delay, no appointment on compassionate basis can be granted as the same would be against the very purpose, for which the compassionate appointment is made, which is to bring the family out of a sudden penury it faces on account of the death of its sole bread winner.

(3.) The applicable policy at the time of death of the father of the petitioner was the policy dated 08.05.1995, which provided that for being eligible for appointment under that policy, an application seeking compassionate appointment was required to be made within three years from the date of death of an employee. Admittedly, the father of the petitioner died on 11.09.1997 and no application was made either by the petitioner's mother or on behalf of the petitioner seeking compassionate appointment within three years of his death. It may be noticed that for this period of three years, the mother of the petitioner was alive.