SMT. KAMLA YADAV WIFE OF LATE SHRI KRISHNA LAL YADAV Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioners have preferred this writ petition making the following prayers :-

(2.) The facts as noticed by this court are that the petitioner no. 1 is the widow of Late Shri Krishna Lal Yadav who died while working under the employment of the respondent bank whereas petitioner no. 2 is the Son of both of them. Apart from this family, consisted of four unmarried sisters of petitioner no. 2 and the Grandmother of the petitioner no. Late Shri Krishna Lal Yadav was a Substantive and Permanent Officer with the respondent bank and was working as Manager, Branch Office, Tapukada of the Punjab National Bank in the year 1995. Shri Krishna lal Yadav expired on 18.1996 while he was under employment of the respondent bank. The petitioner no. 1 requested the respondent to give compassionate appointment to her son (the petitioner no.2) in lieu of his husband's service as he had expired while in service. According to the request of the petitioner no. 1, the respondents informed the petitioner no. 2 vide communication dated 27.6.1997 signed by the respondent no. 4 that the head office of the branch shall inform the signatory with as per the provisions of scheme for compassionate appointment. The name of the petitioner no. 2 has been registered for giving appointment to him on compassionate ground on attaining the age of the majority. Thus, the name of the petitioner no. 2 was put in the zone of consideration by the respondents in accordance with the scheme for employment of dependents of the employees who died while in service of the bank on compassionate ground (hereinafter referred as scheme) dated 20.3.1997. The relevant portion of the scheme mentioned in clause 6 (B) is reproduced as follows :-

(3.) The relevant portion of the scheme as mentioned in clause 10 is also reproduced as follows :-