JUDGMENT :

M.R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 05.03.2021 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 2871/2021, by which the High Court has dismissed the said writ petition preferred by the appellant – Delhi Jal Board and has confirmed the order dated 03.05.2019 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’) in O.A. No. 1420/2017, by which the Tribunal directed the appellant to consider the candidature of the respondent for the post of Lower Division Clerk (LDC), the original opponent - Delhi Jal Board has preferred the present appeal.

2. That the respondent herein applied for compassionate appointment of her daughter in the Delhi Jal Board – the appellant herein for the post of LDC. The said application was made on 23.03.2010. That by order dated 01.05.2012, the respondent’s daughter was appointed as Assistant Meter Reader considering her qualification at the time when application for compassionate appointment was made. According to the respondent, she was eligible for the post of LDC.

2.1 The respondent then approached the