JUDGMENT :

N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR, J.

Heard Ms. Maramee Dutta Medhi, 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 jurisdictional District Level Committee in its meeting held on 01.02.2022, towards rejecting the application of the petitioner for consideration of his case for appointment on compassionate ground.

3. As projected in the writ petition, the father of the petitioner Late Atul Ch. Neog, while working as a Forest Ranger in the establishment of the respondent No. 3, herein, had died-in-harness on 02.11.2010. The mother of the petitioner in pursuance of the death of her husband in harness, submitted an application on 25.02.2010, before the respondent No. 3, praying for appointment of her daughter Ms. Sikha Neog, on compassionate ground. It is contended that although the said application of the mother of the petitioner, seeking appoin