SMT. SONIA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In pursuant to the directions of this Court, the necessary instructions regarding ex-gratia grant on account of the death of the employee in harness have been produced in the Court today and the same are taken on record.

(2.) In the present case, deceased Sukhwinder Singh was working as Superintendent Grade-II and was posted at Municipal Corporation, Patiala. On 06.12011 after attending his office, while he was going back to his home, he met with an accident at Leela Bhawan Chowk, Patiala and died at the spot.

(3.) It comes out that regarding the death of the employee in harness, the following instructions were issued by the Government of Punjab, Department of Finance on 110.2010, which are reproduced as under: