KESHAV KUMAR SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this petition the appointment as clerk on compassionate ground under the provisions of Rajasthan Recruitments of Dependents of Govt. Servants Dying while in Service, Rules, 1975 (hereinafter called as the Rules of 1975) is claimed.

(2.) THE father of the petitioner was working as Class IV employee in the Social Welfare Scheme, Virat Nagar, Jaipur, which is run by the Social Welfare Board. The father of the petitioner died on 5.12.1981 and at that time the age of the petitioner was 18 years. The application for appointment was made on 7.11.89. The correspondence continued between the Administrator of the Social Welfare Scheme, Viratnagar and the petitioner. The Dy. Secretary to the Government vide his letter dated 6.12.1989 has also written a letter to the Director, Social Welfare Department to give appointment to the petitioner, The Joint Director, Social Welfare Department has written on 2.2.1990 to the Secretary, Rajasthan State Advisory Board for giving appointment to the petitioner on the post of LDC. Notice for demand of justice was given. In the reply submitted by the respondent it was stated that after the death of the father of the petitioner there was no vacant post lying on which the appointment could have been given and that Social Welfare Scheme and the Advisory Board do not fall in the category of State. The mother of the petitioner was already in service and therefore the petitioner is not entitled for the appointment, on compassionate ground.

(3.) CONSEQUENTLY , the writ petition, has no force. It is hereby dismissed.