Hon'ble VYAS, J.—Instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for seeking direction to the respondents for providing compassionate appointment on the ground that he is adopted son of late Shiv Prakash Swami who died while in service on 11.10.2006 working on the post of L.D.C. in the respondent Education Department.

2. The main contention of the petitioner for his claim is that the petitioner was adopted by late Shiv Prakash Swami who was government employee and died on 11.10.2006 during his life-time and, after his death, an application was filed by the petitioner for providing appointment on compassionate ground. Along with the application of the petitioner, affidavit of Smt. Santosh Devi, wife of late Shiv Prakash Swami is also filed in which she accepted that petitioner Pankaj is her adopted son and if appointment is provided to him she has no objection. The application is placed on record as Annex.5 along with other documents.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that claim of the petitioner was rejected on 12.7.2007 by the District Education Officer while observing that as per Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act no person can adopt only son of his natural paren

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