JUDGMENT

1. Affidavit of service filed today in Court is taken on record.

Facts:

2. The writ petitioner had received a compassionate appointment with effect from August 14, 2014 in place and stead of his deceased mother who was a State employee, Annexure P-6 at page 34 to the writ petition.

3. The mother of the writ petitioner died-in-harness on April 10, 1995. The application for compassionate appointment was made on April 27, 1995. The State authority rejected the claim of the petitioner for compassionate appointment on August 2, 1996, Annexure P-3 at page 19 to the writ petition. The rejection was communicated to the petitioner on February 8, 2002.

4. Assailing the said decision for rejection of compassionate appointment the petitioner filed the first round of writ litigation being W.P. No. 6696 (W) of 2002. The writ petition was allowed by a co-ordinate bench on May 10, 2012, Annexure P-4 at page 20 to the writ petition whereby the said decision for rejection of compassionate appointment dated August 2, 1996 was set aside and the Director of School Education was directed to consider the claim of the petitioner by passing a reasoned order in the light of the observation made therein