SHIBORAM MANDAL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner 's father late Narayan Chandra Mandal was an assistant teacher at Dekhuria Joykali Shiksha Niketan Junior High School, Birbhum. The petitioner 's father died-in-harness on 20.03.1986. Under the existing rule being para 2 of G.O. No. 4-SE (Primary) dated 02.01.1995 an application for compassionate appointment of an ward of a teacher who died in harness is to be made within two years from the death of the concerned teacher.

(2.) IN the event, the application is made beyond the said period but within four years from the death of the concerned teacher and the authority is satisfied that due to special circumstances involving illness, physical inability of the applicant had failed to submit the same in time, such delay in filing the application may be condoned and the same shall be considered on merits. ]

(3.) THE petitioner has challenged the impugned order in the instant writ petition.