JUDGMENT :

N. Kotiswar Singh, J.

Heard the petitioner in person and Mr. S. Dutta, Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. C. Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the Insurance Company.

2. In this petition, a desperate plea for appointment under the die in harness scheme has been turned down by the authorities as being bound by a rigid law governing the field.

3. The petitioner is a claimant for compassionate appointment on the demise of her sister who was earlier serving in the Oriental Insurance Company, and who though married, was subsequently widowed without leaving any issue. The Company expressed inability to provide appointment to the petitioner on the ground that as per the rules the petitioner is not entitled to claim such appointment as her sister was married.

4. As we proceed to examine the issue, it will be apposite to refer to certain basic background facts a little more in detail.

5. The pleaded case of the petitioner is that the petitioner, possessing Master's Degree in English with MBA and other academic accomplishments, is the sister of one Grizelva Mahanta who was serving