JUDGMENT :

HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR

1. This writ petition is directed against an order of the Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry & Wildlife Division, Pratapgarh dated 05.06.2023, rejecting the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment.

2. The petitioner's mother was engaged on daily-wages as a Sweeper by the Establishment of the Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry & Wildlife Division, Pratapgarh, respondent No.4 (for short, 'the Divisional Forest Officer') in the month of November, 1984. She served as a daily-wager continuously since the month of November, 1984 and pursuant to a judgment of the Supreme Court in S.L.P. No.28317-28321 of 2010 dated 02.02.2016 placed on the minimum salary admissible to a Class-IV employee vide order dated 06.03.2016 passed by the Divisional Forest Officer. She was in receipt of a monthly salary of Rs.7000/-. It appears that the State Government on 12.09.2016 issued a Government Order regarding regularization of services of daily-wage employees working in various departments of the Government. According to the Government Order dated 12.09.2016, the petitioner's mother was also entitled to be regularized in service. Acting in furtherance o