1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.948 OF 2009 (Smt. Shakuntalabai w/o Pandurang Khandekar and another vs. Western Coalfields Limited) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATED : APRIL 3, 2009 Heard Shri Choube, learned Counsel for the petitioners, and Shri Mehadia, learned Counsel for the respondent. The petition is directed against the communication dated 6.1.2009 issued by the respondent whereby petitioners are informed that their claim for grant of appointment on compassionate ground at this stage in view of pendency of proceedings before the Court cannot be considered. Shri Choube, learned Counsel for the petitioners, states that son of petitioner no.1 Shakuntala was in the employment of respondent 2 Western Coalfields Ltd. and died while he was in employment. The petitioner no.1 applied for appointment on compassionate ground. However, Smt. Maya Arvind Khandekar filed Hindu Marriage Petition before the Family Court and sought declaration that she is a legally wedded wife of Arvind Khandekar. It is contended that the said petition was dismissed by the Family Court. The writ petition filed by her also came to be dismissed by this Court and letters patent appeal preferred by her against the decision of the learned Single Judge came to be withdrawn on 24.3.2009. It is submitted that in view of withdrawal of letters patent appeal and in view of order dated 11.9.2007 passed by the Civil judge, Senior Division, Nagpur in M.J.C. No.160/2004, there is no legal impediment for the respondent to consider the claim of the petitioners for grant of appointment on compassionate ground. Shri Mehadia, learned Counsel for the respondent, states that if there is no legal impediment in considering the claim of the petitioners, same will be considered in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. 3 In the backdrop of the above referred facts, no further direction as such is necessary. The petition is disposed of accordingly. JUDGE JUDGE khj