WP(C) 991/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. GU Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. LP Sharma, learned c ounsel appearing for the respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Mr. SK Medhi, learned counsel for the newly impleaded respondent Nos.4 and 5. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties the writ petition is taken u p for hearing and disposal today itself. The petitioner, who is the widow of Md. Tazjul Islam, by the present petition is praying for a direction to the respondent/Bank to consider and dispose of her a pplication for appointment on compassionate ground as well as for payment of ex- gratia or any other financial help pursuant to the Scheme formulated by the Bank in that regard. According to the petitioner, her husband, who was the Assistan t Branch Manager in Shillong Branch of Union Bank of India died in harness on 23 rd August, 2008 and thereafter, the petitioner filed an application on 16th Octo ber, 2008 for the purpose of appointment on compassionate ground as well as for extending the financial help pursuant to the Scheme formulated by the Bank, whic h is available at Annexure-IX to the affidavit-in-opposition filed by the respon dent/Bank. The contention of the petitioner is, therefore, that since the said a pplication has not been considered and disposed of by the authority concerned, t he authority may be directed to dispose of the said application as expeditiously as possible. Mr. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner further prays for allowing the pet itioner to withdraw the allegation made against the in-laws in paragraph-4 of th e writ petition, which prayer is allowed since for deciding the present writ pro ceeding, such allegation has no relevance at all. Mr. Sharma, learned counsel appearing for the respondent/Bank has submitted that the Bank is in active consideration of the application filed by the petitioner for appointment on compassionate ground as well as for extending the financial h elp pursuant to the Scheme formulated by the Bank in that regard. Mr. Sharma su bmits that if the Court permits the Bank, the order may be passed keeping in vie w the requirement of grant of financial assistance as well as making of appointm ent on compassionate ground. Mr. Medhi, learned counsel appearing for the newly impleaded respondent Nos.4 an d 5 has submitted that those respondents have filed the application for impleadm ent basically because of the allegations made against them in paragraph-4 of the writ petition. It has also been submitted by Mr. Medhi that the petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of the Scheme formulated by the Bank in that regard. There may be some dispute between the daughter-in-law and the parents-in-law. If the petitioner is entitled to the benefit of the Scheme formulated by the Bank, such dispute may not come in the way of consideration of the petitioner’s case in terms of the Scheme formulated by the Bank. The allegation made by the petit ioner in paragraph-4, which are allowed to be withdrawn, therefore, has absolute ly no relevance in the matter of consideration of the prayer made in the present writ petition. Admittedly the petitioner’s husband died in harness on 23rd August, 2008 and the reafter, she filed an application on 16th October, 2008 before the Regional Mana ger, Union Bank of India claiming the benefit of the Scheme for appointment on c ompassionate ground as well as the financial assistance formulated by the respon dent/Bank. The said application is still pending as no final order has been pas sed either accepting the prayer made in the application or refusing to accept th e same. Since the Union Bank of India has formulated the Scheme for compassionate appoin tment as well as for granting the financial assistance and the petitioner has fi led the application on 16th October, 2008 claiming the benefit of such Scheme, t he same is required to be considered and disposed of by the respondent/Bank as e xpeditiously as possible, which has admittedly not been done till date. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with the direction to the General Manager, Union Bank of India, the respondent No.1, to consider and d ispose of the application dated 16th October, 2008 filed by the petitioner stric tly in terms of the scheme formulated by the Bank in that regard. The said exer cise is directed to be completed within a period of 2 (two) months from today. The respondent No.1 shall intimate the petitioner about the result of such consi deration. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No cost.