RANJEET KUMAR GUPTA Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Petitioner claims compassionate appointment after the death of Smt. Urmila Devi working on the post of Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife, contending that he is her adopted son, but the said claim has been rejected by Chief Medical Officer, Mirzapur by means of impugned order dated 25.7.2013 stating that petitioner did not produce any document to show that he is adopted son of deceased employee. Learned counsel for petitioner during the course of argument admitted that there does not appear to be executed any adoption deed and also could not show as to how and in what manner the adoption took place in accordance with procedure of adoption prescribed in Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as "Act, 1956").

(2.) Section 16 of Act, 1956, as it originally was, reads as under:

(3.) Vide Section 35 of U.P. Civil Laws (Reforms and Amendment) Act, 1976, Section Section 16 of Act, 1956 was amended with effect from 1.1.1977 as under: