IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

238 CWP-13478-2021 Date of Decision: 23.03.2026 Bhupinder Singh .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present : Mr. Gagneshwar Walia, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vikas Sonak, AAG Punjab-State.

Mr. D.S. Randhawa, Advocate for respondent No.4.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (Oral)

1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with a prayer for issuance of an appropriate writ or order in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondents to consider and appoint the petitioner on compassionate grounds in view of the service rendered by late Sh. Satnam Singh, Fire Officer, deceased father of the petitioner who died in harness while working with Municipal Council, Khanna in terms of the policy/practice prevalent on the date of death of deceased employee, as the matter being squarely covered by the judgment of Full Bench of this Court in Swaroop Chand Versus State of Haryana and others 2015(12) SCT 600. Further praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order/inter departmental