Santosh Singh v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Santosh Singh v. State of Punjab and Others; CWP-3513-2001 (O&M); High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; Kuldeep Tiwari, J.; workcharged employee versus regularization; Special Dozer Operator; quashing of order dated 05.01.2001; regularization order dated 22.08.1996; interim stay dated 16.03.2001; affidavit on service status (order dated 01.10.2025); death of petitioner during pendency; family pension from date of death; retiral dues released; compassionate employment to son Paramjit Singh (2012); grievance redressed; writ petition dismissed as not pressed; pending applications disposed of; merits not adjudicated; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
In view of the State's submissions that the petitioner had died during pendency, his family had been granted family pension with effect from the date of death along with all retiral dues, and his son had been given compassionate employment in 2012, learned senior counsel for the petitioner submitted that the grievance stood redressed and did not wish to press the writ petition; the Court accordingly dismissed the petition as not pressed. The substantive issues (quashing of the 05.01.2001 order; continuation as Special Dozer Operator) were not adjudicated on merits.