R. B. Misra, J.—Heard Sri Ashwani Kumar Misra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Sandeep Mukherjee learned standing counsel for the State.

2. In this petition the prayer has been made for quashing the order dated 21/24.7.1999 (Annexure-8) passed by the respondents rejecting the claim of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground under U. P. Recruitment of Dependants of Government Servant, Dying in Harness Rules, 1974 (in short called the ‘Rules 1974’ hereinafter), with further prayer commanding the respondents to provide suitable employment to the petitioner No. 2 under the ‘Rules 1974’.

3. The brief facts necessary for adjudication of the present petition are that the husband of petitioner No. 1 and father of the petitioner No. 2 late Prem Pal Singh, died on 15.3.1992, leaving behind his wife, i.e., petitioner No. 1 his two sons (elder son being petitioner No. 2) and two minor daughters. One of the daughter died few years back as the petitioner could not arrange required medical facilities for her. The application for grant of compassionate appointment was moved on 15.10.1996 for the compassionate appointment of petitioner No. 2, followed by the remi