(1) wp7332-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7332 OF 2011 Sukhadev Barku Bhosale PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. H.U. Dhage, advocate for the Petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 27th SEPTEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The petitioner has approached this Court challenging the appointment of Respondent No. 4 as a legal heir of deceased Ananda who is son of the petitioner. 2. It is the contention of the petitioner that after his retirement, his son Ananda was appointed on compassionate grounds in view of the recommendations of Lad Committee. However, said Ananda died and in his place, Respondent No. 4, who is the wife of deceased Ananda, has been appointed. It is further contended by the petitioner that unless the consent (2) wp7332-11 of all the legal heirs of the petitioner, including the widowed daughter of the petitioner, is obtained, Respondent No. 4 could not have been appointed. 3. Indisputably, Respondent No. 4 is the wife of deceased Ananda. Her claim is at serial No. 1 in the Government Resolution dated 11th August, 2006. In that view of the matter, we do not find any merit in the petition. The petition is, therefore, rejected. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp7332-11