Court No. - 37
Case :- WRIT - A No. - 6527 of 2018 Petitioner :- Upendra Respondent :- State Of U.P And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Pankaj Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Abhinava Upadhya,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents.
By means of this writ petition the petitioner is seeking compassionate appointment under the U.P.Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974 (in short the Rules) on account of death of his father, who is stated to be a permanent Class-IV employee and was working in Mahoba Forest Division and while in service he unfortunately died on 14.10.2017.
The petitioner claims himself to the eligible under the aforesaid Rules and has applied for appointment by application dated 9.1.2018, which is not being considered.
The writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent no.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner and pass appropriate order in accordance with law with regard to his appointment on compassionate ground, if he is found to be eligible under the aforesaid rules and no other family member is in government service. The said decision shall be taken by respondent no.2, as far as possible, within a period of four months from the date a certified copy of this order is presented before the authority concerned.
Order Date :- 23.2.2018 SKM