Honble CHAUHAN, J.–The instant writ petition has been filed for seeking employment on compassionate ground under the Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependants of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996 (for short, ``the Rules, 1996).

(2). The facts and circumstances giving rise to this case are that petitioners father died in harness on 23.4.94 while working as Class IV employee in the Co-operative Department and as the petitioner was minor at that time, after passing Middle Standard Examination in the month of April, 1997, he applied for employment on compassionate ground under the said Rules of 1996 by submitting an application on 19.5.97. However, after correspondence at different levels in the Department, the application was rejected vide order dated 25.3.98 (Annex. 4) on the ground that he was below 18 years of age and was not eligible for appointment. The petition has been filed on the ground that under certain Circulars issued by the Competent Authority, a person is eligible for employment at the age of 16 years in special circumstances and petitioner could not have been denied employment on this ground.

(3). When this Court raised the issue: whether compassionate emp

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