WP(C) 2028/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA The prayer of the petitioner for consideration of her case on compassion ate ground was rejected by the State Level Committee (SLC) which was intimated t o the petitioner by Annexure-10 communication dated 23.10.2009. According to the said communication, the SLC in its meeting dated 16.10.09 rejecting the case of the petitioner on the ground of late submission of the application. However, it is on record that the petitioner has submitted the application on 28.01.2005, i .e. after 1 (one) year and 2 (two) months of expiry of her husband on 07.11.2003 . As per the scheme for compassionate appointment at that point of time, no time limit was fixed. Thus, needless to say that in case of any considerable delay in making the clai m for compassionate appointment, such claim may not be entertained. In the insta nt case, there was no such delay in filing the application. Thus, the SLC ought to have considered the case of the petitioner on merit instead of rejecting the same on the ground of delay. In view of the above and upon hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the w rit petition is disposed of setting aside and quashing the minutes of the SLC me eting referred to above with the direction to SLC to reconsider the case of the petitioner on merit instead of rejecting her claim on the ground of late submiss ion of application.