1. The appellant seeks appointment on compassionate ground in terms of Clause 9 of the National Coal Wage Agreement-VII (NCWA-VII). His mother had passed away while in service of Central Coalfields Limited (C.C.L.) on 6th January, 2006, as recorded in the judgment of the learned First Court. The appellant-writ petitioner had made a representation praying for appointment on compassionate ground. As such representation did not yield any result, he had approached this Court by filing a writ petition, which was registered as W.P.(S) No. 2597 of 2011. That writ petition was disposed of, it is submitted by learned counsel for the parties, with a direction that an officer of the Coal Company was to consider the representation of the writ petitioner to be filed and thereafter pass a reasoned order. His plea for compassionate appointment was ultimately rejected. The second writ petition of the appellant-writ petitioner in which prayer was made for invalidation of the order of rejection coupled with plea for his appointment on compassionate ground was also rejected primarily on the ground of delay. The appellant has come up in appeal assailing the order of rejection passed by the lear