#\ @‘1? HIGH COURT OF CHHATTIsGARH BILAsPUR w.p.(s) No.4597 or 2007 PETITIONER Smash Kumar Markam, son of Lats Shn' Aaym Ram Markam, ag€d about 25 years, Itsident of Village Byalpur, Post Adenga, Tahsil Keshkal, Distt. Bastar (C.G.) Verms RESPONDENTS 1. Stats of Chhattisgarh, thmugh the Secretaxy, Deparuncnt of Tribal Welfare, Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur(C.G.) 2. Asstt. Commissioner, Depalment of Tribal Development, Jagdalpur, Distt. Bastar (C.G.) 3. Block Development Omcer, Kondagaon, Block Kondagaon, Distt. Bastar (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Aypearance: Shri Rahul Jha, counsel for the petih'oner. Shn' Ajay Dwivedi, Panel Lawyer for the State on advance copy ORAL ORDER (08.08.2007) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard Enally with the consent of the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s father namely Late Aayatu Ram Markam died on 22.11.1995 While he was working as Assistant Teacher in the Tribal Department at Primary School Bakodaguda. After his death, the petitioner had moved an application for compassionate appointment and the same was forwarded vide memo of competent authority to Asstt. Commissioner, Deparunent of Tribal Development, Jagdalpur, Distt. Bastar. His submission is that though the matter is pending before the said authority since long back but no decision has been taken in the 2 W.P. (S) No. 4597 of2007 , Q matter of the peu'tioner. He refers to the last communication made in the month of Januaxy,‘ 2007 by the Block Education O$cer, Kondagaon, which is $ed as Annexuxe-P/ 9. A perusal of the said memo would show that almost evely formality was completed but even after that the ‘decision has not beg»: taken by the competent authority. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, after going through the contents of the writ petition as also the documents annexed with the petition, in the opinion of this Court, ends ofjusu'ce would be served, if a direction is issued to the competent authority (respondent No.2) to dispose of the application of the petitioner for compassionate appointment, which is pending before him, as stated by learned counsel for the petitioner. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with a direction that if the Asstt. Commissioner or any other competent authority has not taken a hnal decision in the matter of the petition till date, they shall take decision Within a period of 3 months hem the date of production of certified copy of this order along with copy ofwrit petition and annexed documents. With the aforesaid directions/observation, this petiton is hnally disposed of at this stage, i \ ' y / vatti i Sd/— i Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge ‘