HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 615(S/S)06: Smt. Chandra Khati W/o Late Kripal Singh Khati, R/o Chandra Bhawan, Pampapuri, District Nainital ----- Petitioner. Vs. 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary, Irrigation Department, Civil Secretariat, Dehradun, 2. Executive Engineer, Kosi Construction Division, IInd Irrigation Department, Ramnagar, Nainital, 3. Junior Engineer, Kosi Construction Division, IInd Irrigation Department, Ramnagar, District Nainital. ---- Respondents. Sri Gopal Narain, learned counsel for the petitioner, Learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri Gopal Narain, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for State of Uttaranchal who has accepted notices for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the respondents to appoint the petitioner on a suitable post on compassionate ground under dying in harness rules. 3. It is contended that the husband of the petitioner was employed as Chaukidar with effect from 01.08.1998 with the establishment of respondent no. 2 & 3. In writ petition no. 701(ss)2001 filed by the husband of the petitioner, this Court on 17.03.2001 directed the respondents of the aforesaid writ petition to give minimum of pay-scale of Class IV post of the petitioners. It is contended that on account of the death of husband of the petitioner on 31.08.2002, the petitioner applied for providing her appointment under dying-in-harness Rules on compassionate ground. It is further submitted that in a claim petition filed by the petitioner, the Workmen Compensation 2 commissioner on 02.11.2004 has awarded compensation in favour of the petitioner but aggrieved with the order of Workmen Copensation Commissioner, the respondents filed appeal before this Court and this Hon’ble Court has disposed of the appeal on 23.02.2005 with a direction that the entire amount of compensation shall be paid to the petitioner as directed by the Workmen Compensation Commissioner. 4. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that after the judgment passed in the aforesaid appeal, the petitioner again sent application to the respondents on 13.08.2005 requesting therein to give her appointment under dying-in-harness Rules, but till date the respondents have not passed any order on her applications. 5. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer that the competent authority may be directed to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 13.08.2005, which is annexed as annexure no. 4 to the writ petition, within a particular period prescribed by the Hon’ble Court. 6. The prayer is innocuous. 7. Accordingly, I direct the respondents to decide the representation of the petitioner moved by her on 13.08.2005 (annexure no. 4 to the writ petition) by a speaking order, within a period of two weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. 8. With this direction, the writ petition is finally disposed of. (B.S. Verma, J.) May 5, 2006: NCM: