$~17 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5350/2019 SATINDER KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Atul Varma, Advocate.

versus THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD.

.....Respondent Through: Mr. Saurabh Prakash and Mr. Utsav Jain, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 28.01.2026

1. This writ petition seeks a direction to the Respondent to appoint the Petitioner on compassionate grounds in place of his father, late Shri Chet Singh Dhiryan, who died in harness while serving the Respondent.

2. The material facts are not in dispute. Late Shri Chet Singh Dhiryan, an Administrative Officer with the Respondent, died on 18^th November, 2004 at the age of about 56 years and 3 months.

3. At the relevant time, the Respondent had discontinued the scheme for compassionate appointment with effect from 1^st October, 2002, i.e., prior to the demise of the Petitioner’s father. In lieu thereof, a new scheme providing for lump sum monetary compensation to the legal heirs of deceased employees was introduced uniformly across all four Public Sector General Insurance Companies. In terms of the said scheme, a lump sum amount of ₹1,00,000/- was paid to the legal heirs of late