1. Petitioners in these writ applications are the dependents and legal heirs of Assistant Teachers, who died in harness, while working in Primary and Middle Schools. Some of the Petitioners had applied for their compassionate appointment and the District Compassionate Appointment Committee had recommended for their appointment on Class-Mi Government posts, in case of non-availability of Class-Ill posts on any Government Class-IV posts. In cases of some petitioners, their applications for compassionate appointment have been returned by the District Compassionate Appointment Committee, in view of the order issued by the Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Government of Bihar, Patna vide letter no. 2955 dated 22.6. 2009. Through this letter a direction has been issued by the Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms that the District Compassionate Appointment Committee will not make any recommendation for compassionate appointment in case of legal heirs of teachers and non-teaching employees in Primary and Middle Schools, for any Government Class-Ill and Class-IV posts. Their cases will be considered by the competen