CLMA No.4661 of 2010 (Interim Relief Application) I.A. No.2688 of 2011 (Urgency Application) CLMA No.4563 of 2011 (Misc. Application) I.A. No.4353 of 2011 (Urgency Application) In WPSS No.453 of 2010 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Shri Ajay Singh Bisht, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri D.S. Patni, learned counsel for the respondent. Shri N.P. Sah, learned Standing Counsel for the State. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The Misc. application (CLMA No.4563 of 2011) is allowed. Delay in filing the counter affidavit is condoned. Counter affidavit is taken on record. Urgency applications (I.A. No.2688 of 2011 and I.A. No.4353 of 2011) are also allowed, as the learned counsel for both the parties prayed that the case may be heard today itself. This petition has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the order-dated 25.05.2010 passed by the District Judge, Almora, by which the representation of the petitioner for compassionate appointment was rejected. The reason for rejecting the representation of the petitioner was that at that time there was no post vacant in the Judgeship of Almora. After filing of the writ petition, respondent filed the counter affidavit. In Paragraph 14 of the counter affidavit, the respondent has stated that there are two vacant posts available in the Judgeship of Almora. In Paragraph 15 of the said counter affidavit, the respondent has also stated that the claim of the petitioner is well founded and there is no just reason to contest the present writ petition. In view of the categorical statement made by the respondent in the counter affidavit, the writ petition is allowed. The order dated 25.05.2011 passed by the District Judge, Almora is quashed. Respondent is directed to consider the case of the petitioner for compassionate appointment in accordance with Rules, within a period of one month from the date of production of certified copy of the order. Interim relief application (CLMA No.4661 of 2010) also stands disposed of. (V.K. Bist, J.) Arpan 01.12.2011