IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH DECIDED ON: 22.04.2026 BANDNA DEVI … PETITIONER VERSUS BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT BOARD AND ORS.

…..RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Naveen Batra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sachin Mittal, Mr. Arnav Mittal and Mr. Akshat Mittal, Advocates for the respondents ****

SANDEEP MOUDGIL, J.

Prayer

1. The petitioner has approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing of letter dated 20.09.2019 (Annexure P-2) whereby her claim for appointment on compassionate grounds was rejected only on the ground that she is a married daughter of the deceased employee. The petitioner has further sought a direction to the respondents to consider her claim for compassionate appointment in terms of the law laid down by this Court in CWP No.2218 of 2017 titled as “Amarjit Kaur versus State of Punjab and another”.

Brief facts

2. Brief facts of the case are that the father of the petitioner namely late Sh. Jagat Ram was working as a Baildar with respondent-BBMB and died in harness on 01.12.2015. After the death of the sole bread earner of the family, the petitioner applied for compassi