JUDGMENT :

N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR, J.

Heard Ms. R. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. Dilip Mazumdar, learned Addl. Advocate General, Assam, assisted by Mr. R. Dhar, learned Addl. Senior Government Advocate; appearing on behalf of all the respondents.

2. The petitioner, herein, by way of instituting the present proceeding, has presented a challenge to the decision arrived at by the State Level Committee in its meeting held on 31.08.2022, towards rejecting her case for appointment on compassionate ground.

3. As projected in the writ petition, the mother of the petitioner Late Chayanara Begum, while working as a Lower Division Assistant in the establishment of the Block Development Officer, Paschim Mangaldoi Development Block, had died-in-harness on 25.09.2007. At the time of the death of her mother in harness, the petitioner was aged about 13 years. The petitioner, on attaining the age of majority and also on acquiring the MA qualification and D.El.Ed. qualification in the year 2018 and 2019, respectively, submitted an application on 01.09.2021, before the competent authority praying for consideration of her cas