Office Notes,

reports, orders or proceedings

S N L o . .

Date or directions COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS

and Registrar’s

order with Signatures

WPSS 2240/ 2025

Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

Dr. Kartikey Hari Gupta, Advocate,

for the petitioner.

Mr. N.S. Pundir, Deputy AG, for

the State.

(2) Petitioner’s application for compassionate appointment was rejected vide order dated 30.10.2025 on the ground that his father was employed in Public Works Department as Cleaner on the date of death of his mother. Petitioner has challenged the rejection order mainly on the ground that on the date of making application, petitioner’s father was not in employment, as he superannuated on 30.11.2024, while application was made on

21.12.2024.

(3) This Court is not impressed by the submission made on behalf of the petitioner. Rule 5 of Recruitment of Dependants of Government Servants Dying

in Harness Rules, 1974 reads as under:

“5. Recruitment of a member of the

family of the deceased.—(1) In case a Government servant dies in harness after the commencement of these rules and the spouse (as the case may be) of the deceased Government servant, is not already employed under the Central Government or any State Government or a