IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 10628 of 2011-C & connected matters. Decided on: December 12, 2011. 1. CWP No. 10628 of 2011-C. Rita daughter of Late Sh. Hari Nath aged about 30 years, resident of Village Ghangeet pargana Karyas, Tehsil churah, Distt. Chamba, H.P. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of H.P. through Secretary (PWD) to the Govt. of H.P. Shimla-171002. 2. Engineer-in-Chief, HPPWD, Nirman Bhawan, Shimla-2. 3. Executive Engineer, HPPWD, Chamba Division at Pangi. …….Respondents. 2. CWP No. 10629 of 2011-C. Paras Ram s/o Late Sh. Brij Lal, aged about 33 yers, resident of Village Dhiyas post office Trella, Tehsil Churah, Distt. Chamba, H.P. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of H.P. through Secretary (PWD) to the Govt. of H.P. Shimla-171002. 2. Engineer-in-Chief, HPPWD, Nirman Bhawan, Shimla-2. 3. Executive Engineer, HPPWD, Chamba Division at Chamba. …….Respondents. 3. CWP No. 10637 of 2011-D. Nazeer Mohd s/o Late Hakam Deen aged about 19 years, Resident of Village Salooga, post office Thaneikothi, Tehsil Churah, Distt. Chamba, H.P. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of H.P. through Secretary (PWD) to the Govt. of H.P. Shimla-171002. 2. Engineer-in-Chief, HPPWD, Nirman Bhawan, Shimla-2. 3. Executive Engineer, HPPWD, Chamba Division at Chamba. …….Respondents. 2 4. CWP No. 10668 of 2011-G. Karam Chand s/o Late Sh. Baldev aged about 22 Years, resident of Village Satyas post office Trella, Tehsil Churah, Distt. Chamba, H.P. ……Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of H.P. through Secretary (PWD) to the Govt. of H.P. Shimla-171002. 2. Engineer-in-Chief, HPPWD, Nirman Bhawan, Shimla-2. 3. Executive Engineer, HPPWD, Chamba Division at Chamba. …….Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dev Darshan Sud, Judge. For the petitioners : Mr. Pushpinder Kumar, Advocate, vice counsel. For the Respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, AG with Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. AG. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) These writ petitions are filed with the similar set of prayers and one of the main prayer in CWP No. 10628 of 2011 reads as follows:- “A. That the writ petition may kindly be allowed and the respondent department may kindly be directed to provide employment assistance on compassionate grounds to the petitioner on regular basis.” 2. There will be a direction to the first respondent/competent authority to take a final decision in the cases of the petitioners for compassionate appointment within a period of one month from the date of production of copy of this judgment along with copy of the writ petition(s) by the petitioner concerned before the first respondent/competent authority. 3 3. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 12th December, 2011. (Justice Dev Darshan Sud), (vs) Judge.