WP(C) 8045/2015. Gauhati High Court
| Case Number | WP(C) 8045/2015 |
| Judgement Date | January 11, 2017 |
| Court | Gauhati High Court |
WP(C) No.8045 of 2015
B E F O R E
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMAN SHYAM
11.01.2017
He a rd Mr. Y. S. Ma nna n, le a rne d c o unse l fo r the p e titio ne r. Also he a rd Mr. R. M. De ka , le a rne d Sta nd ing C o unse l, PWD, Assa m a p p e a ring o n b e ha lf o f re sp o nd e nt No s.1, 2 a nd 3 a nd Mr. R. Dha r, le a rne d Ad d itio na l Se nio r G o vt. Ad vo c a te , Assa m, a p p e a ring o n b e ha lf o f re sp o nd e nt No .4.
The p e titio ne r’ s fa the r, Ma nzur Ali, wa s wo rking a s a n Up p e r Divisio n Assista nt und e r the Exe c utive Eng ine e r, PWD, Ma ng a ld o i Ro a d s Divisio n whe n he ha d p ro c e e d e d o n re tire me nt with e ffe c t fro m 01.06.1997 o n me d ic a l g ro und . As p e r the O ffic e Me mo ra nd um d a te d 09.09.1983 issue d b y the G o ve rnme nt o f Assa m fo rmula ting a p o lic y fo r c o nsid e ring the c a se s o f e lig ib le fa mily me mb e rs o f G o ve rnme nt se rva nts re tiring o n me d ic a l g ro und fo r c o mp a ssio na te a p p o intme nt, the p e titio ne r b e ing the so n o f Ma nzur Ali, ha d file d a n a p p lic a tio n d a te d 09.6.1997 se e king a p p o intme nt o n c o mp a ssio na te g ro und . Ho we ve r, the sa id a p p lic a tio n file d b y the p e titio ne r wa s no t c o nsid e re d b y the a utho ritie s a s a re sult o f whic h the writ p e titio ne r wa s c o mp e lle d to a p p ro a c h this C o urt b y filing WP(C ) No .9112/ 2003 whic h wa s d isp o se d o f b y this C o urt b y the o rd e r d a te d 02.01.2004 with a d ire c tio n up o n the re sp o nd e nts to c o nsid e r the a p p lic a tio n file d b y the p e titio ne r fo r c o mp a ssio na te a p p o intme nt stric tly in te rms o f the O ffic e Me mo ra nd um d a te d 09.09.1983 a nd ta ke a p p ro p ria te d e c isio n in the ma tte r within a p e rio d o f fo ur mo nths fro m the d a te o f re c e ip t o f a c o p y o f the o rd e r. In te rms o f the o rd e r d a te d
02.01.2004 p a sse d b y this C o urt, the c a se o f the p e titio ne r wa s c o nsid e re d b y the Distric t Le ve l C o mmitte e (DLC ) a nd the sa me
wa s a lso fo rwa rd e d to the Sta te Le ve l C o mmitte e (SLC ) fo r ne c e ssa ry c o nsid e ra tio n. Ho we ve r, it a p p e a rs fro m the re c o rd tha t the c a se o f the p e titio ne r wa s re je c te d b y the SLC in its me e ting d a te d 31.10.2015 o n the g ro und tha t the p e titio ne r ha d survive d fo r mo re tha n 17/ 18 ye a rs a fte r the d e a th o f his...
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