Rejection of Compassionate Assistance Quashed; Employee Deemed to Have Died in Service After Dismissal Order Was Set Aside: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has delivered a significant ruling on the interpretation of the Haryana Compassionate Assistance Rules 2006, holding that when the dismissal of a government employee is quashed by a competent court, the employee must legally be treated as having died while in service. This ruling came in the case of Chander Mohan v. State of Haryana and Others, where the Court set aside the State’s…