WPSS No. 1166 of 2009 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. Kapil Muni Dubey, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Brief Holder for the State. The petitioner’s father was appointed as a Mali in the year 1977 and died in harness on 27/11/1992. Upon his death, the petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate grounds. The said application was rejected by an order dated 04/07/1994 on the ground that the petitioner’s father was only working as a work charge Mali. The petitioner, being aggrieved, has filed the present writ petition. Annexure-1 to the writ petition clearly indicates that the petitioner was working as a Mali in the pay scale of 305-390 in a substantive capacity. Annexure-1 to the writ petition has not been disputed by the respondents. Consequently, their contention that the petitioner’s father was working in the work charge establishment is not based on any documentary evidence. In the light of the aforesaid, the rejection of the petitioner’s application on the ground that the petitioner’s father was not a government employee is patently erroneous. In view of the aforesaid, the impugned order cannot be sustained and is quashed. The writ petition is allowed. A writ of mandamus issued to the respondents to consider the application of the petitioner afresh and decide the same by a reasoned and speaking order within two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 17.06.2010 Shiv