IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : March 09, 2026 ANKUSH -PETITIONER V/S CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS -RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Abhimanyu Batish, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sumeet Jain, Addl. Standing Counsel, with Ms. Avneet Kaur, Panel Counsel for the respondent(s)- U.T. Chandigarh.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

1. Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner seeks issuance of directions to the respondent(s)-authorities to consider and decide his application for allotment of government accommodation.

2. Succinctly stated, the petitioner claims to be the dependent son of late Balwan Singh, who was serving as a Clerk with the Government of Haryana and was last posted at the Haryana Civil Secretariat at the time of his demise on 09.05.2021. After the death of his father, the petitioner submitted an application before the competent authority of the Government of Haryana seeking appointment on compassionate grounds, whilst continuing, along with his mother, to occupy the government accommodation that had been allotted to his deceased father. While the application for compassionate appointment was still under consideration, the petitioner received a letter dated 16.05.2024 issued by the Secretary, House Allotment Committee, Chandigarh, informing him that the allotment of the government accommodation stood cancelled w.e.f. 09.05.2024. Subsequently, an eviction order dated 13.08.2024 was also passed directing the petitioner to vacate the said accommodation within 15 days from the date of publication of the said order. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner along with his mother filed CWP-24594-2024 challenging the order cancelling the allotment as well as the eviction order. The said writ petition was disposed of by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.10.2024 with the following directions:-

“8. Be that as it may, learned Senior counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 4 very fairly and compassionately undertakes on behalf of the UT Administration, to de-seal the premises within 24 hours, and to allow the petitioners to stay therein, for the next two months more.

However, during this period, it would be expected that respondent No.5 - State of Haryana would take some final decision in regard to the service of petitioner No.2 and his posting place. Thereupon only, it would be possible for the UT Administration to examine as to whether family is entitled to the house in question, or not.

9. After considering all the aspects and the submissions addressed by counsel for both the parties, and the good gesture of giving an undertaking before this Court by Mr. Amit Jhanjhi, Senior Advocate, petitioners are directed to submit an undertaking to the office of UT Administration, within a period of one week from today, to vacate the house after the period of two months, and during this period, either the final decision in regard to compassionate employment would be taken by respondent No.5 or the petitioners would find out some other place to reside.”

3. Shortly after the disposal of the writ petition (supra), the petitioner was granted provisional appointment on compassionate grounds as Peon-cum-Chowkidar by the Government of Haryana vide memo dated

28.10.2024, and in view of this supervening development, the petitioner submitted another application seeking retention/allotment of government accommodation. Since the said application remained undecided, the petitioner again approached this Court by filing CWP-2095-2025, which was disposed of vide order dated 27.01.2025 with a direction that, since the respondents had undertaken to consider the petitioner’s claim, the premises in his occupation be allowed to be retained by him until any fresh order was passed.

4. The petitioner’s application for allotment of government accommodation was rejected by the Additional Secretary, House Allotment Committee, U.T. Chandigarh