0mm; @ IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR (c.G) w.P. (smo. [22’ OF 2011 Smt. Khemlata Sahu, W/o Late Shri Jivanlal Sahu, aged about 32 years, R/o Village Aamgaon, Tahsil Jaijaipur, Distt. (C.G.) PETITIONER Jangir-Champa State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary School Education Department, D.K.S. Bhawan,‘ Mantralaya, Raipur (C.G.) District Education Ofncer, Janjgir- Champa, Distt. Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) Block Education Officer, Jaijaipur, Distt. Janjgir-Chan’ipa (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUION OF INDIA ® RESPONDENTS WW HIGH COURT OF CHHATI'ISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION(SQ No. 122 01‘2011 : Smt. Khemlata Sahu. VERSUS RESPONDENTS : State of Chhattisgarh & Others. \VRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA SB: Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agg’gog‘ J. Present: Shri K.S.Pawar, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the ,h State/respondents. ORDER ORAL (Passed on 12 day of January, 2011) By this petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondent authorities to consider his representation dated 10.05.2006 (Annexure P/4) for grant of compassionate appointment, which is pending consideration for the last four years. 2. beamed counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the husband of the petitioner namely Jivan Lal Sahu, working as Assistant Grade III, in Government Higher Secondary School, Baraduar, died in harness on 08.12.1996. Atter his death, the petitioner, being the widow, niade an application on 07.07.2004 to the respondent No. 2 for grant of compassionate appointment. Thereaiter, the petitioner made a representation dated 10.05.2006, which is pending consideration till date. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that even atter lapse of about four years, the respondent authorities have not taken any decision on the representation ofthe petitioner. 2 It has repeatedly been observed that in case of compassionate appointment, the application made by the dependent of the deceased person has to be considered at the earliest keeping in view the obj ect of granting appointment on compassionate basis, to provide subsistence to the dependent member ofthe deceased who suffered on account of untimely death of the sole bread eamer of the family. The authorities are sitting over the matter without realizing the importance ofthe case. Shri Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General appearing for the § State/respondents submits that the application/representation ofthe petitioner, as aforestated, shall be considered as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law, 'on its own merits and perspective, preferably within a period of three weeks dom the date of receipt of a copy ofthis order. In view of the above submission, according to learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, nothing survives for adjudication in this case. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. / / Amit