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