110 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

Date of Decision:11.02.2026 STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ....APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS SANTOSH DEVI ….RESPONDENT(S)

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. Rajesh Gaur, Addl., AG, Haryana.

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ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral)

CM-1012-LPA-2026

1. This application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act has been filed on behalf of the applicants-appellants seeking condonation of delay of 391 days in filing the accompanying appeal.

2. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and the delay of 391 days in filing the accompanying appeal stands condoned.

Main Case (O&M)

3. This appeal is by the State of Haryana assailing the judgment of the learned Single Judge, whereby benefits to the respondent-widow have been granted in terms of Rule 5 & 6 of the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (for short, ‘the Rules of 2006’).

4. The issue that fell for consideration has been crystallized by the learned Single Judge in paragraph No.6 of the judgment which reads as under:-

“…...whether the petitioner is entitled to comp