JUDGMENT :

1. In this writ petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner - Shri Moaakum Pongen has prayed for issuing direction to the respondent authorities to consider his application for appointment on compassionate ground in terms of Addendum, dated 09.04.2019 and in terms of the Office Memorandum No. AR-8/8/78, dated 17.09.2015 issued by the Government of Nagaland, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department (Administrative Reforms Branch), Kohima, Nagaland.

2. The factual background leading to filing of the present petition is briefly stated as under:

“The father of the petitioner - Lt. Mayangneken was serving as Mechanic (Grade-III) in the Department of Public Health Engineering Department Sub-Division, No. II, Mokokchung, Nagaland. And while serving in the same capacity, he died in harness on 14.03.2016, leaving behind the petitioner, his mother and his elder sister. The petitioner’s father was holding a regular post at the time of his demise and as such, the family was granted the family pension. But, none of the family members of the petitioner was holding any post in the State Government, and they have no means of livelihood. The petitione