1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 7495 of 2011. Decided on: 7th September, 2011. Bhagi Rath ......Petitioner. Versus State of Himachal Pradesh & others .....Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. For the petitioner : Mr. A.K. Gupta, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Additional Advocate General and Mr. J.K. Verma, Deputy Advocate General. Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The writ petition is filed with the following prayer: “That Annexure P-1 may be quashed and the respondents may be ordered to re-consider the case of the petitioner for compassionate appointment in the light of the law laid down in Bina Devi Vrs. State of H.P.” 2. The petitioner's application for appointment on compassionate appointment has been rejected on the ground that 2 the petitioner's father belonged to Nahan Foundry. That cannot be a justifiable ground as held by this Court in CWP No. 6560 of 2010 titled as Bina Devi versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another, decided on 1st December, 2010, Annexure P-2. 3. There will be a direction to the third respondent/competent authority to consider the matter afresh, in the light of Annexure P-2, judgment, ignoring the ground of Nahan Foundry employee (dying cadre). The needful shall be done within a period of four months from the date of production of a copy of this judgment alongwith a copy of the writ petition by the petitioner before the third respondent/competent authority. 4. The writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 7th September, 2011. (Justice Rajiv Sharma), (sck/hl) Judge.