Hon’ble Shishir Kumar, J.—By means of the present writ petition the petitioner has approached this Court for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 12.4.2002 for giving appointment under Dying in Harness Rules.

2. During pendency of the writ petition, an order-dated 15.11.2002 was passed rejecting the claim of the petitioner. Then an amendment application was filed. The said application has been allowed by this Court vide order dated 10.5.2006 and a relief of certiorari quashing the order dated 15.11.2002 has been prayed.

3. The present case is a very unfortunate case in which seven persons of the petitioner’s family has been murdered at one time. Only petitioner and her old grand mother-in-law Smt. Gena Devi survives. On 22.11.2001, the petitioner lost her husband, her father-in-law, her mother-in-law and four other family members of the family. The father-in-law of the petitioner late Rakesh Chandra Rai was posted as cashier in District Cooperative Bank, Kauri Ram, Gorakhpur. The husband of the petitioner was the only son of late Sri Rakesh Chandra Rai, who was also murdered on the said unfortunate day. Th