1 wp8501.09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8501 OF 2009 Smt. Ashabai Goraksha Satpute PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS ..... Shri A.S. Deshmukh holding for Shri C.R. Bharaswadkar, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for respondent/State. ..... (CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 10th June, 2011. PER COURT : 1. The grievance of the petitioner in the present Petition is that the Government Resolution dated 23rd April, 2008, which is with respect to appointments to be made on compassionate grounds, has not been implemented. The petitioner contends that she was entitled to be appointed in the Agriculture Department on the death of her husband who died while in service on 18.04.2005. The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, by order dated 21st January, 2008 has dismissed the appeal filed by her and hence, the present Petition. 2 wp8501.09 2. An affidavit has been filed by the Assistant Administrative Officer in the District Superintendent Agriculture Office, Ahmednagar, in which he has averred that there is a ban on recruitment for one year from 5th June, 2010. In para 7 of the affidavit he has further stated that the age limit for appointment on compassionate grounds has been extended upto 45 years in view of the Government Resolution dated 6th December, 2010. He has further stated that the petitioner's name will not be deleted from the waiting list of persons to be appointed on compassionate grounds, on account of her age, which today is 40 years. The affiant has also averred that once the ban is lifted, the petitioner's case would be considered for appointment. 3. We accept the statements made in the affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent nos. 1 to 4 and dispose of the Petition, accordingly. (M.T. JOSHI, J.) (SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.) ga s/wp8501.09