JUDGMENT :

Biswanath Rath, J.

1. This is a writ petition filed by the petitioner praying for quashing of Office Order No. 4504(570)/Dt. 28.5.1996/AW-LW-1-22/96 and for giving a direction to the opposite parties to issue appointment letter in absorbing the petitioner under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme. Facts as borne from the writ petition is that the petitioner's father, late Surendra Jena was working as a Helper in the Paralakhemundi Electrical Division under the OSEB establishment in the year 1981. He became a regular Helper in the year 1988. While the father of the petitioner was in employment and residing at his home, on 13.12.1995 he fell down from a tree and he was immediately shifted to District Headquarter Hospital, Paralakhemundi where he was declared dead. At the relevant time, the OSEB on account of death of his father paid Rs. 1,000/- towards funeral expenses. At this stage, the petitioner made an application to the authority concerned to give him appointment under the Rehabilitation Scheme on the plea that there was nobody in the family to take care of the mother and the others. It is contended by the petitioner that while the petitioner's father was in employmen