(1.) This writ application is directed against the action of the respondents in not approving the appointment of the petitioner to a Group 'D' post in Pichhabani Bani Niketan High School, P. O. Pichhabani, District-Purba Medinipur, hereinafter referred to as the School.
(2.) The petitioner's father who was an assistant teacher of an aided non- Government School in Midnapur died in harness.
(3.) The petitioner's name was sponsored for appointment to the post in question from the 'died-in-harness' category after the concerned District Inspector of Schools granted prior approval to the School for filling up the post.