S.S. NIJJAR, CJ.

(1) THE petitioner claims that she is the widow of one late nikhil Chandra Soam, who died on 10th April, 1988 while in service in the army. She claims to be a non-matric having passed only Class- VIII examination from a local school. She claimed that she had two sons, viz. , Ranu Soam and bapi Soam respectively.

(2) AFTER the death of her husband on 10th April, 1988 she applied to the Zilla sainik Board, Government of West Bengal for appointment in a suitable Group d post. She based her claim on the instructions issued by the Union of India dated 28th November, 1990. The application made by the petitioner was duly received by the authorities. However, no action was taken. Therefore, she made an application to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension cell in Delhi on 25th November, 1991 on the basis of the scheme known as "employment Assistance to the Relatives of Government Servant died while in service". She claimed that she had none to help her and had been almost starving along with two minor sons. This application of the petitioner was transferred by the Director General of E. M. E. to Master General of the Ordnance Branch, army Head