J.B. Pardiwala, J.

This First Appeal under Section 96 of the C.P.C. is at the instance of the original plaintiff and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 28th March 2016 passed by the City Civil Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court No.5, Ahmedabad City in Regular Civil Suit No.3187 of 2013.

2. The facts giving rise to this First Appeal are in a very narrow compass.

2.1 The husband of the appellant herein viz. Shri Himmatbhai Ramanbhai Purabiya, was serving in the Health Department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation as a permanent 'Safai Kamdar'. The husband of the appellant, all of a sudden went missing from 22nd August 2006. On 1st September 2006 a Janvajog entry no.170 of 2006 came to be registered in this regard at the Ellisbridge Police Station. Despite best of the efforts, the whereabouts of the husband of the appellant could not be known. It appears that the husband of the appellant was the sole earning member of the family. With the sudden disappearance of the husband, the appellant and her family has landed-up in lot of difficulties. The Corporation is inclined to grant compassionate appointment to the appellant, but the only thing coming in the way of