(1.) In this writ application the petitioner prays for quashing of a Memo dated 27 August, 2013 issued by the Chairman of the Purba Medinipur District Primary School Council (respondent no. 4) whereby the petitioner's prayer for appointment as Primary School Teacher on compassionate ground has been rejected. The petitioner further prays for an order directing the respondents to appoint him in the post of Assistant Teacher in a primary school under Panskura Circle-I, Purba Medinipur.
(2.) The petitioner's mother was an Assistant Teacher in a primary school in Panskura Circle-I, District Purba Medinipur. She died in harness on 12 January, 2011.
(3.) On 1 April, 2011 an application was made by the petitioner's father to the respondent no. 4 for appointment of the petitioner on compassionate ground. On the date of such application, the petitioner was a minor and had just completed 16 years of age.