LAKHWINDER SINGH vs PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND ANR. — CWP/7440/2019

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed Lakhwinder Singh's writ petition seeking compassionate appointment at Punjab National Bank as a dependent of his deceased father. The court held that the claim was barred by the one-year limitation period under the 1997 scheme in force at the time of death (2003), as no application was made within the stipulated timeframe or even within four years; the petitioner's first representation came 13 years later in 2016. The court affirmed that compassionate appointment is a concession for immediate financial relief, not a vested right claimable after considerable delay, and that later schemes cannot be applied retrospectively to revive expired claims. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.