JUDGMENT :

N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR, J.

Heard Mr. Tapan Deuri, 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 this present proceeding, has prayed for a direction upon the respondent authorities for placing her case before the Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup(M), Guwahati, for consideration of her case for appointment on compassionate ground.

3. At the outset, it is to be noted that the petitioner, herein, has projected in the writ petition, that she is a specially abled person being completely deaf and dumb since her birth and in this connection, has relied upon an Identity Card issued by the District Social Welfare Officer, Dhemaji, on 04.11.1999.

4. It is further projected in the writ petition that the father of the petitioner Late Janarddan Sharma while working as Sub-Engineer, Grade-I, in the Office of the Executive Engineer(Design) Division at Chandmari, Guwahati, Water Resource Department, had died-in-harness on