Amol Rattan Singh, J.

By this petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of an order/communication dated 30.04.2012 (Annexure P-4 with the petition), by which his claim for appointment on compassionate basis, to a post in the respondent bank, has been rejected, informing him that the Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary to the Government of Haryana, Department of Cooperation (respondent no.1 herein), had intimated the petitioner that the “matter has been filed after consideration”.

The petitioner consequently further seeks issuance of a writ of mandamus by way of a direction to the respondents, to consider his case for appointment in terms of the 'ex-gratia scheme' promulgated by the Government of Haryana (stated to be applicable to the respondent bank also), in view of the fact that vide a resolution dated 31.01.1995 (copy Annexure P-1), passed by the Board of Directors of the bank (respondent no.4), it had been resolved that the application of the petitioners' mother, reserving the right of her son for such appointment, should be accepted.

2. The background to the matter is that the father of the petitioner, Sultan Singh, was working as an Establishment Officer/Juni