IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Interim Relief Application no. 10561 of 2006 IN Writ Petition No. 1134 (S/S) of 2006 Kamelate, Wife of late Sri Sunil Kumar, resident of Indresh Nagar, Dehradun, District – Dehradun. ……Petitioner V e r s u s 1. Syndicate Bank, through its Managing Director Head Office, Manipal, Karnataka. 2. Chief Manager, Syndicate Bank, 45 Rajpur Road, Dehradun. 3. Branch Manager, Syndicate Bank, Branch – Rajpur, Dehradun. ..….Respondents Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard Sri D.S. Patni, learned counsel for the petitioner. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs: (a) issue a writ, order, rule or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent bank to appoint the petitioner under Dying in Harness Rules / Scheme for compassionate appointment. (b) issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. (c) award the cost of the writ petition in favour of petitioner. The brief facts as narrated in the writ petition are that petitioner’s husband was appointed in the year 1986 as Driver- cum-Attendant in the respondent bank and expired on 31.10.2005 while in service. On 20.12.2005 petitioner orally requested the respondents for appointment under Dying in Harness Rules. On 28.06.2006, petitioner made representation to the respondent no. 3 (Annexure No. 3 to the writ petition) for providing her appointment on compassionate appointment. The submission of the petitioner is that the respondents are not paying any heed on the representation of the petitioner dated 28.06.2006. In the circumstances aforesaid, I deem it fit and proper to direct respondent no. 3 i.e. Branch Manager, Syndicate Bank, Branch – Rajpur, Dehradun to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 28.06.2006 (Annexure no. 3 to the writ petition) within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With this direction the writ petition as well as interim relief application no. 10561 of 2006 is finally disposed of. No order as to costs. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J) August 21, 2006 SKSharma