JUDGMENT - R.K. BATTA, J.:---The petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court for directions to the respondents to appoint him in the Clerical Cadre on compassionate ground.

2. The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that his late father Shri Shridhar Jaikrishna Damle was employed with respondent No. 1 in the Clerical Cadre; that his late father was suffering from an ailment of intestine for about 15 years prior to his demise, which ultimately culminated into Cancer. The petitioner's father died on 17-6-1994. The deceased had left behind him his aged mother, his wife, two married daughters and the petitioner as the only legal heirs. The petitioner applied for appointment in the Clerical Cadre on compassionate ground vide application dated 4-7-1994. Thereafter there was communication between the Branch Manager and the petitioner seeking certain details which were furnished by the petitioner. Ultimately, vide letter dated 18-1-1995, the request of the petitioner was rejected on the ground that the request could not be considered. No reasons whatsoever as to why the application could not be considered were given in the said letter. The petitioner had applied for compassion

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