MOHD FARUK BHATI Vs. S B B J

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HON'ble VYAS, J. By way of filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the order dated 5. 3. 2004 (Annexure-4) and prayed that a direction may be issued to the respondents to provide appointment to the petitioner on compassionate ground from the date when the dependents of other deceased employees of the respondent Bank were provided appointment.

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case are that the father of the petitioner late Abdul Aziz Bhati was working as clerk-cum-cashier in State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur. He expired on 1. 5. 2003 while in service due to heart failure. The petitioner has placed on record the death certificate as Annexure-1.

(3.) AFTER rejection of the application, representations dated 25. 3. 2004 and 14. 12. 2004 were filed by the petitioner in which it was specifically mentioned that the terminal benefits paid to the family have already been adjusted towards loan amount, therefore, the denial of appointment is totally illegal but it has come to the knowledge of the petitioner that as many as 18 dependents of deceased employees working in the various Branches of the respondent Bank were providing appointment on compassionate ground in between the period from April, 2004 to March, 2005, therefore, the petitioner's case was to be considered at part with those persons who were provided appointment on compassionate ground but on illegal grounds, the rightful claim of the petitioner has been rejected, therefore, as per the petitioner, denial of the appointment on compassionate ground is arbitrary, illegal and in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.