WPSS No. 1162 of 2004 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. Pankaj Miglani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Paresh Tripathi, Brief Holder for the State. The petitioner’s father had been working as a work charge employee since 1984 and died in harness in the year 1999. The petitioner was a minor on the date when his father had died. Upon reaching the age of majority in the year 2002, the mother of the petitioner applied before the authority for appointment on compassionate ground for his son. This application remained pending and, consequently, the present writ petition was filed in the year 2004 praying that the authority should consider and decide the matter. The counter affidavit reveals that the application is pending and has not been disposed of as yet. Without commenting on the merits of the case, since the application is pending, it is the onerous duty of the authority to consider and decide the application. Consequently, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the authority to decide the application of the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground by a reasoned and speaking order within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 17.06.2010 Shiv