a WLE EERQ‘ x, C F” ( w; AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION [SI NO?QL{L( 12010 PETITIONER / Kumari Pushpa Yadav, daughter of Late Bhagwan Singh Yadav, aged about 22 years, [contestant for tho compmssion (K V‘ a service appointment] Resident of Baloda Bazar, Civil Line in the Janpad Panchayat and Tehsil Baloda Bazar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh VERSUS l. State of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary Department of Panchayat and Rural Development Secretariate, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh /2. The Chief Executive Officer Baloda Bazar, Janpad Panchayat at Baloda Bazar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh The Director Panchayat and Rural Development, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh / 4. The presodtlii’tlanpad Panchayat, Baloda Bazar, Tehsil Baloda Bazar, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh /5. The Joint Director Panchayat and Rural Development, Raipur, Distict Raipur, Chhattisgarh W/ r IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH v The Collector Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh District Gowri HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (SI NO.7644 (Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India) Single Bench : Hon‘ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present :— Shri O.P. Yadav, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.V, Sridhar, Panei Lawyer for the State. ORDER ORAL (Passed on this 3m day of January, 201 1) 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has made applications to the appropriate authorities for consideration of her case for grant of compassionate appointment on account of death of her father namely; Bhagwan Singh Yadav in harness, but no action has been taken till date. The petitioner, thereafter, has made a representation to the Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Social Welfare, on 21-10-2010 (Annexure — P/9), lt is the settled principle of law that if a representation is made the same is also pending consideration. before the authorities they should act as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of 3 months (See : S.S. Rathore vs. State of Madhya Pradeshl). 3. Shri Sridhar, learned Panel Lawyer appearing for the State, submits that the pending representation of the petitioner shall be considered 4. ln View of the above, t_e writpértition is disposed of. Accordingly, the State Government is directed to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law, on its own merits and pass appropriate orders within a period of 8 weeks. and decided within a period of 8 weeks. I I l _ i sw— ., f Satish K. Agnihotri? Judge g I '1 (1989) 4 scc 582 PETITIONER Kumari Pushpa Yadav RESPONDENTS Versus