Aniruddha Bose, J.

I.A. No. 10494 of 2018

I.A. No. 10494 of 2018 is an application for condonation of delay of 1 day in filing this appeal.

2. Having gone through this application, we are satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause in preferring this appeal within time. We accordingly condone the said delay.

3. I.A. No. 10494 of 2018 stands allowed.

L.P.A. No. 663 of 2018

4. The appellant before us is the son of a deceased employee of Central Coalfields Limited. The original employee had died while in service on 17th February, 1999. Claim for appointment on compassionate ground was made through an application on 1st November, 1999. We are apprised by the leaned counsel for the coal company that at that point of time such compassionate appointments were guided by the Social Security Chapter of the National Coal Wage Agreement-VI (NCWA-VI). It is also admitted position that at that point of time, an application for consideration of the case of a dependant of an employee who died in harness for compassionate appointment was to be made within six months from the date of death of the original employee. This was not done on the part of the appellant-writ petitioner