IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH.

209 CWP-13896-2021 (O&M).

Date of Decision: 01.03.2025.

SEEMA YADAV ... Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ... Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ.

Present: Mr. Aditya Yadav, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Nitin Gupta, Advocate, for respondents No.2 to 4.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (ORAL)

Challenging the order dated 03.06.2021 (Annexure P-6) passed by the General Manager, Canara Bank, Karnal, declining the benefit under the ex gratia claim filed by the petitioner as also on account of non-payment of the compensation on account of death during the Covid - 19 pandemic, the present writ petition has been filed.

2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn attention of this Court to the operative part of the impugned order which reads thus:-

“In this regard, we regret to inform you that on perusal and processing of your request /representation and the connected papers, the Competent Authority has not considered your request for Compassionate Appointment favourably as there were no indigent circumstances and the case does not fall within the parameters of the policy.”

3 It is evident from the above that the claim