UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs JASPREET SINGH AND ANR

CWP No.15141 of 2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 106 CWP No.15141 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.05.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Versus JASPREET SINGH AND ANR ........Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. N.K. Vashist, Advocate, Senior Panel Counsel for the petitioners-UOI. **** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 02.12.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, directions were issued to the petitioners to re-consider the claim for the benefit of compassionate appointment of respondent No.1 as per policy/instruction dated 16.01.2013. 2. Certain facts need to be mentioned for the correct appreciation of the issue in hand. It may be noticed that it is not a simple case of considering an application made by a personnel seeking compassionate appointment after the death of his father-Late Sh. Mohan Singh, who was working as Postal Assistant at Head Office, Rajpura for Patiala Division. In the pr